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We present an interesting case of epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) responsive to valproate treatment as an acute manifestation of cortical ischaemia in the course of vasospasm after subarachnoid bleeding A 72-year-old, right-handed woman suffering a subarachnoid haemorrhage complicated with
Report is made of two patients with Epilepsia Partialis Continua (E.P.C.) from brain organic damage (since carcinoma metastasis and localized ischemia). Clinical EEG, neuroradiological and anatomo-pathological and therapeutical problems are dealth with the light of a review on previous papers. The
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When a neuropsychiatric symptom due to encephalopathy develops in a patient with anti-thyroid antibodies, especially when the symptom is steroid-responsive, Hashimoto's encephalopathy (HE) needs to be included in the differential diagnosis of the patient. Although HE is an elusive
Twenty subjects showing clinical and electroencephalographic patterns of the so-called "diffuse cortical ischemic syndrome with an extraterritorial (border zone) predilection," as described by Gastaut and Naquet (1965) and Gastaut et al. (1971) were studied. This syndrome occurs in elderly patients
Localized in vivo proton magnetic resonance spectra obtained from diseased areas in 2 patients with chronic localized encephalitis (Rasmussen's syndrome) showed reduced resonance intensities from N-acetyl compounds, suggesting focally decreased N-acetylaspartate concentrations. One of the patients