Absence of hippocampal sclerosis in children with multiple daily seizures since infancy
Authors
Kothare, Sanjeev V.Sotrel, Ana
Duchowny, Michael
Jayakar, Prasanna
Marshall, Paul C.
Smith, Thomas W.
Document Type
Journal ArticlePublication Date
2001-08-01Keywords
ChildChild, Preschool
Electroencephalography
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe
Hippocampus
Humans
Infant
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Neurosurgical Procedures
Periodicity
Retrospective Studies
Sclerosis
Temporal Lobe
Neurology
Pathology
Pediatrics
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We report a series of nine children with multiple daily seizures since infancy who underwent functional hemispherectomy that included en bloc resection of the hippocampus and the temporal neocortex. In all cases, the hippocampi were normal by conventional histology despite the fact that these patients had suffered from recurrent seizures over a long period of time. This observation suggests that extremely frequent seizures in childhood are not invariably associated with the development of hippocampal sclerosis.Source
J Child Neurol. 2001 Aug;16(8):562-4. doi: 10.1177/088307380101600804DOI
10.1177/088307380101600804Permanent Link to this Item
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14038/43524PubMed ID
11510925Related Resources
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10.1177/088307380101600804