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16356775

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-1-20
pubmed:abstractText
We describe two cases of complex partial seizures with ictal violent movements arising from the insular cortex. The first patient, a 14-year-old girl, presented with hyperkinetic behavior such as rolling, thrashing, and pedaling, and the second case, a 38-year-old woman, had been suffering from frequent daytime hyperkinetic seizures characterized by bizarre vocalization, jumping, and violent bimanual movements. Both patients showed a slight high signal change in the right posterior ventral insular cortex in fluid-attenuated inversion recovery (FLAIR) studies involving magnetic resonance imaging, and extensive subdural electroencephalographic monitoring revealed EEG seizure onset from the temporal lobe. The posterior ventral insular and lateral temporal cortices were resected, resulting in complete seizure freedom in both cases. The histological diagnoses were focal cortical dysplasia in the first case and gliosis in the second case. There may exist a group of patients with complex partial seizures with ictal violent automatism that can be ameliorated by the resection of epileptogenic lesions in the insular cortex. Careful inspection of the insular cortex is necessary to diagnose this type of epileptic seizure.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
1525-5050
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
8
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
315-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Complex behavioral automatism arising from insular cortex.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurosurgery, National Center of Neurology and Psychiatry, Kodaira, Tokyo, Japan. kaido@ncnp.go.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports