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A Long‐Term Observation on a Case of Epilepsy with Occipital Continuous Spikes
Author(s) -
Ichikawa Tadahiko,
Sakuma Kenichi,
Miyamoto Hiroshi,
Koizumi Junzo
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1992.tb00544.x
Subject(s) - occipital lobe , abnormality , geniculate body , lesion , epilepsy , medicine , anatomy , thalamus , hemianopsia , neuroscience , visual cortex , psychology , visual field , pathology , psychiatry
We have reported a 38‐year‐old female who did not show clinical seizures during continuous spikes in the left occipital area over a period of 18 : years. As to the neurological findings, visual disturbance, optic nerve atrophy and right hemianopsia were almost always present. The low density area distributing f'rom the left occipital area to the left temporal one on the CT revealed to be porencephaly. From the clinical Andings obtained in this case, the lesion responsible for the occipital continuom spikes could be ascribed to be functional abnormality of the visual pathway connecting the left lateral geniculate body with the left occipital cortex.