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Epilepsy with Bilateral Occipital Calcifications: Sturge‐Weber Variant or a Different Encephalopathy?
Author(s) -
Tiacci Camillo,
D'Alessandro Patrizia,
Cantisani Teresa Anna,
Piccirilli Massimo,
Signorini Enrico,
Pelli Maria Antonietta,
Cavalletti Maria Lucia,
Castellucci Giuseppe,
Palmeri Silvia,
Battisti Carla,
Federico Antonio
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
epilepsia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.687
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1528-1167
pISSN - 0013-9580
DOI - 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1993.tb02592.x
Subject(s) - epilepsy , encephalopathy , medicine , disease , sturge–weber syndrome , pediatrics , occipital lobe , pathology , psychology , radiology , dermatology , psychiatry
Summary: A series of cases of epilepsy with associated bilateral occipital calcifications (EBOC) without signs of phakomatosis and without any disorders known to produce cerebral calcifications have been reported. It is unclear whether EBOC is an incomplete variant of Sturge Weber disease (SWD) or if it is a different, as yet undefined encephalopathy. We describe four new cases of EBOC that are different clinically by age of onset, type, course, severity of epilepsy, and associated cognitive deficits but that are linked by similar neuroradiologic findings. Similar to cases described in the literature, there is convincing evidence in favor of the hypothesis that these cases belong to an encephalopathy different from SWD and frequently associated with celiac disease.