Surgical treatment of a case of early infantile epileptic encephalopathy with suppression-bursts associated with focal cortical dysplasia

Epilepsia. 1999 Mar;40(3):365-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb00719.x.

Abstract

We report a surgically treated case of early infantile epileptic encephalopathy (EIEE) with suppression-bursts associated with focal cortical dysplasia. Tonic-clonic seizures followed by a series of spasms occurred about a hundred times a day at a few days of age. Interictal electroencephalogram (EEG) revealed a suppression-burst pattern that was predominant in the left hemisphere. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) suggested focal cortical dysplasia in the left prefrontal area. Combination therapies with antiepileptic treatments showed only partial efficacy. The patient underwent lesionectomy at age 4 months, after which he gradually showed psychomotor development and a decrease of spasms to 0-2 series daily. In cases of EIEE with focal cortical dysplasia, surgical treatment may have beneficial effects on both psychomotor development and seizure control.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / therapeutic use
  • Anticonvulsants / therapeutic use
  • Cerebral Cortex / abnormalities*
  • Cerebral Cortex / physiopathology
  • Cerebral Cortex / surgery
  • Electroencephalography / statistics & numerical data
  • Epilepsy / drug therapy
  • Epilepsy / physiopathology
  • Epilepsy / surgery*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Functional Laterality
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Prefrontal Cortex / abnormalities
  • Prefrontal Cortex / physiopathology
  • Prefrontal Cortex / surgery
  • Prognosis
  • Psychomotor Performance
  • Spasms, Infantile / drug therapy
  • Spasms, Infantile / physiopathology
  • Spasms, Infantile / surgery
  • Syndrome
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon
  • Treatment Outcome

Substances

  • Anticonvulsants
  • Adrenocorticotropic Hormone