DISCONNECTION SYNDROME DUE TO FOCAL INHIBITORY STATUS EPILEPTICUS

Authors
HAEGER EE TANG TT ZIMMERMANN GS HASSO AN ARMON C
Citation
Ee. Haeger et al., DISCONNECTION SYNDROME DUE TO FOCAL INHIBITORY STATUS EPILEPTICUS, Journal of epilepsy, 9(2), 1996, pp. 98-100
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Journal of epilepsy → ACNP
ISSN journal
08966974
Volume
9
Issue
2
Year of publication
1996
Pages
98 - 100
Database
ISI
SICI code
0896-6974(1996)9:2<98:DSDTFI>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
We report a patient in whom the principal clinical correlate of left p osterior temporal-occipital partial status epilepticus was a reversibl e disconnection syndrome, expressed as the inability to name objects a nd their colors when presented in the peripheral, but not the central, visual fields. Bilateral, localized band heterotopias were the underl ying pathology. Resolution of seizures resulted in clinical improvemen t.