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Cranial computed tomographic and electroencephalographic abnormalities in children with post-hemiconvulsive hemiplegia.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  3224623     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Twenty-five children with post-hemiconvulsive hemiplegia, who had had epileptiform discharges on EEG, were followed for over 5 years. Twenty-two of them developed the hemiconvulsion-hemiplegia-epilepsy syndrome. The computed tomographic (CT) findings were: marked hemispheric atrophy in 13 cases; moderate or slight hemispheric atrophy in 4; focal atrophy or porencephaly in 4, and a normal scan in 4. The electroencephalographic (EEG) findings showed residual asymmetry of hemispheric amplitudes in 15 cases. Epileptiform discharges on EEG were found on the ipsilateral side (the damaged hemisphere) in 13 cases, the contralateral side (the undamaged hemisphere) in 9, and on both sides in 3. As to the correlation between CT and EEG abnormalities, 8 of 13 cases with marked hemiatrophy on CT had contralateral epileptiform discharges on EEG, and the converse was more pronounced: 8 of 9 cases with contralateral epileptiform discharges had marked hemiatrophy on CT. Contralateral epileptiform EEG abnormalities were observed in the patient with severe hemispheric brain damage.
Authors:
K Kataoka; T Okuno; H Mikawa; H Hojo
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't    
Journal Detail:
Title:  European neurology     Volume:  28     ISSN:  0014-3022     ISO Abbreviation:  Eur. Neurol.     Publication Date:  1988  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  1989-03-29     Completed Date:  1989-03-29     Revised Date:  2006-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0150760     Medline TA:  Eur Neurol     Country:  SWITZERLAND    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  279-84     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Kyoto University, Japan.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adolescent
Adult
Child
Electroencephalography
Epilepsy / complications*,  physiopathology
Female
Hemiplegia / etiology,  physiopathology,  radiography*
Humans
Male
Prognosis
Tomography, X-Ray Computed*

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