ALLMedicine™ Epilepsia Partialis Continua Center

Apr 14th, 2021 - Epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) is a form of focal motor status epilepticus, associated with multiple etiologies. Etiology-specific treatments, such as hemispherotomy for Rasmussen encephalitis, lesionectomy for focal cortical dysplasia, and me...

Apr 11th, 2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic has forced hospitals to prioritize admissions. Epilepsy surgeries have been postponed at most centers. As the pandemic continues with no definite end in sight in the near future, the question arises until when such patients s...

Mar 31st, 2021 - Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare form of rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disorder. Seizures are uncommon in the early stage of CJD, increasing diagnostic difficulty. We report an autopsy-proven case of CJD presenting initially as an...

Dec 9th, 2020 - Hyperglycemia can present as many neurological problems, one of them is seizure. Different brain MRI features can be seen in focal seizures associated with nonketotic hyperglycemia that subcortical T2 hypointensity is the only characteristic one. ...

Oct 13th, 2020 - To verify safety and efficacy of the corticosteroid-sparing drug azathioprine (AZA) in Rasmussen syndrome (RS), we retrospectively analyzed a cohort of patients with RS recruited in a single pediatric neuroscience center. We compared outcomes in 3...

Apr 14th, 2021 - Epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) is a form of focal motor status epilepticus, associated with multiple etiologies. Etiology-specific treatments, such as hemispherotomy for Rasmussen encephalitis, lesionectomy for focal cortical dysplasia, and me...

Apr 11th, 2021 - The COVID-19 pandemic has forced hospitals to prioritize admissions. Epilepsy surgeries have been postponed at most centers. As the pandemic continues with no definite end in sight in the near future, the question arises until when such patients s...

Mar 31st, 2021 - Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare form of rapidly progressive neurodegenerative disorder. Seizures are uncommon in the early stage of CJD, increasing diagnostic difficulty. We report an autopsy-proven case of CJD presenting initially as an...

Dec 9th, 2020 - Hyperglycemia can present as many neurological problems, one of them is seizure. Different brain MRI features can be seen in focal seizures associated with nonketotic hyperglycemia that subcortical T2 hypointensity is the only characteristic one. ...

Oct 13th, 2020 - To verify safety and efficacy of the corticosteroid-sparing drug azathioprine (AZA) in Rasmussen syndrome (RS), we retrospectively analyzed a cohort of patients with RS recruited in a single pediatric neuroscience center. We compared outcomes in 3...