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A patient with an unusual "compulsion" to induce syncope over a period of years by bilateral compression of the carotid arteries subsequently had recurrent seizures. The EEG showed patterns typical of cerebral ischemia during the syncope and epileptogenic foci in both temporal lobes after sleep
Primary angiitis of the central nervous system is a rare and difficult entity. Here we represented the clinical and pathological features of a patient with little response to steroid before definite diagnosis. The 50-year-old male had a fluctuating disease course for more than 3 years. He presented
From January 1983 to April 1988, 40 cases of epilepsy were treated surgically. There were 15 cases of posttraumatic cicatrix, 5 cases of grade I astrocytoma, 9 cases of diffuse gliosis, 4 cases of vascular malformation, 1 case of calcification and cicatrix of temporal lobe, 2 cases of microglia
The authors describe a case of Cushing's duodenal ulcer associated with Encephalitis. Diagnosis was made as the following criteria: neurological manifestations (fever, seizures, coma) and clinical manifestations of ulcer (hematemesis and melena); endoscopic evidence of ulcer and demonstration of
Posttraumatic epilepsy is a common complication of traumatic brain injury (TBI), occurring in up to 15-20% of patients with severe brain trauma. Trauma accounts for approximately 5% of chronic epilepsy in the community. Because it is a common condition, and because of the relatively short latency
Surgical resections for intractable epilepsy are generally associated with a high risk of permanent neurological deficit and a poor rate of seizure control. We present a series of 89 patients operated on from 1992 through 2007 for drug-resistant partial epilepsy, in whom surgery was performed in a