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Life Threatening Focal Status Epilepticus Due to occult Cortical Dysplasia
Arch Neurol 50:695-700, Desbiens,R.,et al, 1993
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Article Abstract
Three patients presented with life-threatening focal motor status epilepticus necessitating intubation,and one had epilepsia partialis continua.All had had seizures previously,and the attacks progressed to intractability after 1.5 to 3 years.Surgery led to control of the seizures,but only two patients became seizure free(mean followup,15.7 months).All but one developed a postoperative deficit,which eventually improved.Focal cortical dysplasia should be suspected when life- threatening focal motor status epilepticus or epilepsia partialis continua occur in children or young persons without another obvious cause.Normal magnetic resonance studies do not exclude neuronal migration disorders.
 
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