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Seizures in an Atelencephalic Infant

Is the Cortex Essential for Neonatal Seizures?

Rolf Danner, MD; D. Alan Shewmon, MD; Michael P. Sherman, MD

Arch Neurol. 1985;42(10):1014-1016.


Abstract

• Clinical and electrographic seizures were recorded in an infant with atelencephaly. Because the infant had no cerebral hemispheres, the ictal discharges were presumed to arise from the disorganized diencephalic derivatives that occupied the entire supratentorial space. The case provided strong support for the concept that, unlike epileptic seizures in older patients, some types of neonatal seizures may originate and propagate exclusively in subcortical structures. This may explain the striking dissociation between the electrographic and behavioral aspects of seizures occasionally observed in newborns, as well as the frequent intractability of such seizures to standard anticonvulsants.



Author Affiliations

From the Departments of Neurology (Drs Danner and Shewmon) and Pediatrics (Drs Shewmon and Sherman), UCLA Medical Center.


Footnotes

Accepted for publication May 16, 1984.

Dr Danner was a visiting assistant professor of Clinical Neurophysiology from the Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, Central University Hospital, Kuopio, Finland, when this investigation was conducted.

Reprint requests to Central University Hospital, Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, SF70210 Kuopio 21, Finland (Dr Danner).



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