PALATAL TREMOR OF CORTICAL ORIGIN PRESENTING AS EPILEPSIA PARTIALIS CONTINUA

Authors
NOACHTAR S EBNER A WITTE OW SEITZ RJ
Citation
S. Noachtar et al., PALATAL TREMOR OF CORTICAL ORIGIN PRESENTING AS EPILEPSIA PARTIALIS CONTINUA, Epilepsia, 36(2), 1995, pp. 207-209
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Clinical Neurology
Journal title
Epilepsia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00139580
Volume
36
Issue
2
Year of publication
1995
Pages
207 - 209
Database
ISI
SICI code
0013-9580(1995)36:2<207:PTOCOP>2.0.ZU;2-K
Abstract
Palatal tremor (PT) is frequently caused by brainstem lesions. The inf erior olive plays a major role in the pathophysiologic mechanisms invo lved. We report a case of PT of cortical origin presenting as epilepsi a partialis continua. EEG showed continuous left frontocentral epilept iform discharges and both single photon emissioncomputed tomography (S PECT) and positron emission tomography (PET) showed focal hypoperfusio n and hypometabolism in the corresponding location.