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7489701

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-1-4
pubmed:abstractText
An 31-year-old man had a unique form of occipital lobe epilepsy. Since age 13 years, he has had episodes of simple partial status epilepticus (SE) occurring twice a month. These typically consisted of elementary visual hallucinations of flashing lights obscuring his left visual field for a period of 2 days, associated with a severe frontal headache initially diagnosed as migraine. These episodes of simple partial SE then evolved to a complex partial seizure (CPS) or secondarily generalized seizure. There were unique EEG features, including: (a) the perception of a flash of light in the left visual field with a single sharp/slow wave discharge over the right occipital lobe, (b) right occipital lobe epileptiform activity during the prolonged aura, and (c) an abnormal response to photic stimulation, with occipital lobe discharges during low rates of stimulation (3-5 Hz), time-locked to the stimulus. High-resolution magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with quantitative morphometry demonstrated that the right hemisphere and right caudate nucleus were smaller than those on the left. An abnormal gyral pattern was also noted over the right parietal region. Occasionally, distinguishing occipital lobe epilepsy from migraine may be difficult.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0013-9580
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1233-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-9-29
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Case of simple partial status epilepticus in occipital lobe epilepsy misdiagnosed as migraine: clinical, electrophysiological, and magnetic resonance imaging characteristics.
pubmed:affiliation
University Department of Clinical Neurology, Institute of Neurology, London, England.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't