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Diagnosis and treatment of occipital brain lesions in children

Developmental Medicine &Child Neurology, Volume 67, Issue 11, Page 1409-1420, November 2025.
Occipital brain lesions in children represent a diagnostic challenge due to the large spectrum of etiologies and overlapping clinical features. This review analyses common and less common causes of occipital brain lesions in children, including malformative, vascular, genetic/metabolic, infectious, inflammatory, and neoplastic conditions.
Luca Bartolini, Giulia Savoca, Matteo Tassone, Tiziana Metitieri, Renzo Guerrini   +4 more
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STATUS EPILEPTICUS IN A PATIENT WITH RASMUSSEN’S ENCEPHALITIS

Alʹmanah Kliničeskoj Mediciny, 2016
We describe clinical case of Rasmussen's encephalitis in a 24-year-old woman that occurred during her hospital stay. Its clinical manifestations included a  clonic movement disorder and partial epilepsy.
A. S. Kotov A.S., Yu. V. Eliseev, E. I. Semenova, Yu. V. Tokareva, M. V. Romanova, M. S. Bunak, I. G. Rudakova   +6 more
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Seizures and electroencephalographic findings in inborn errors of metabolism: Clues to differential diagnosis in the neonatal period, infancy, childhood and adolescence, and review of the literature

Epileptic Disorders, Volume 27, Issue 5, Page 745-802, October 2025.
Abstract Although inborn errors of metabolism (IEM) are a rare cause of epilepsy, seizures are a common presentation in these disorders. Seizures in IEM are frequently refractory to conventional anti‐seizure medication and might warrant initiation of specific treatments based on vitamins or dietary modifications or provision of alternative substrates ...
D. Kapoor, S. Sharma, A. Kaminska, R. Nabbout, N. Chemaly, M. Schiff, P. De Lonlay, M. Eisermann   +7 more
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Rituximab in Rasmussen’s encephalitis: A single center experience and review of the literature

Epilepsy & Behavior Reports, 2022
Rasmussen's encephalitis (RE) is a rare chronic inflammatory disease of the brain resulting in unilateral hemispheric atrophy with drug-resistant focal epilepsy associated with a variable degree of progressive hemiparesis and cognitive decline.
Sujit A. Jagtap, Sandeep Patil, Aniruddha Joshi, Nilesh Kurwale, Vivek Jain, Yogeshwari Deshmukh   +5 more
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False localization of ictal activity by scalp EEG in candidates for hemispherectomy [PDF]

, 1993
Two patients with intractable seizures and large structural lesions were candidates for hemispherectomy for seizure control. Repeated ictal EEGs recorded from scalp falsely localized seizure onset to the contralateral hemisphere. Intracarotid amobarbital
Baram, TZ, Mitchell, WG, Snead, OC
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Acute Seizure Problems [PDF]

, 1977
Seizures are a symptom and not a disease. A seizure is the result of an abnormal electrical discharge of a collection or group of living but damaged or abnormal neurons.
Suter, Cary
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Seminars in epileptology: How to diagnose status epilepticus in adults and children

Epileptic Disorders, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 530-549, August 2025.
Abstract Status epilepticus (SE) can be regarded as the most severe expression of seizure activity characterized by a low probability of spontaneous cessation and mechanisms leading to metabolic and inflammatory derangements with increased risk of brain damage, alterations of neural networks, and potentially life‐threatening systemic complications ...
M. Leitinger, P. Bosque‐Varela, G. Kuchukhidze, U. Leitner, J. Höfler, G. Kalss, F. Rossini, G. Pilz, H. Novak, M. Mauritz, K. Poppert, A. Toma, E. Trinka   +12 more
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Epilepsia Partialis Continua After an Anterior Circulation Ischaemic Stroke [PDF]

, 2017
Background and purpose: Although cerebrovascular disorders are the main cause of epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) in adulthood, the frequency of EPC after stroke is unknown. The aim was to prospectively ascertain its frequency 1 year after an ischaemic
Bentes, C, Canhão, P, Casimiro, C, Ferro, JM, Fonseca, C, Franco, AC, Geraldes, R, Martins, H, Morgado, C, Paiva, T, Peralta, A, Pinho e Melo, T, Viana, P   +12 more
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ILAE neuroimaging task force highlight: MRI detection of early life epilepsy caused by focal cortical dysplasia

Epileptic Disorders, Volume 27, Issue 4, Page 520-529, August 2025.
Abstract The ILAE Neuroimaging Task Force aims to publish educational case reports that highlight basic aspects of neuroimaging in epilepsy consistent with the ILAE's educational mission. Here, we describe a case series of three neonates with focal cortical dysplasia (FCD)‐related drug‐resistant epilepsy who underwent surgical intervention. The purpose
Nathan T. Cohen, L. Gilbert Vezina, Chima Oluigbo, Tayyba Anwar, John Archer, Boris C. Bernhardt, Lorenzo Caciagli, Fernando Cendes, Yotin Chinvarun, Luis Concha, Paolo Federico, Eliane Kobayashi, Godwin Ogbole, Stefan Rampp, Anna Elisabetta Vaudano, Z. Irene Wang, Shuang Wang, Gavin P. Winston, William D. Gaillard   +18 more
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Rasmussen’s Encephalitis [PDF]

, 2022
Introduction: Rasmussen’s encephalitis (RE) is an inflammatory encephalopathy characterized by progressive refractory focal seizures, cognitive deterioration and focal neurological deficit that occur with gradual atrophy of one brain hemisphere ...
Gaurav Dave, Mahesh Dave, Manasvin Sareen, Rahul Metri, Ravi Kumar, Sahil Kharbanda, Yash Shah   +6 more
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