Prolonged febrile convulsions and mesial temporal lobe epilepsy in an identical twin

Authors
Schulz, R Ebner, A
Citation
R. Schulz et A. Ebner, Prolonged febrile convulsions and mesial temporal lobe epilepsy in an identical twin, NEUROLOGY, 57(2), 2001, pp. 318-320
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Neurology,"Neurosciences & Behavoir
Journal title
NEUROLOGY
ISSN journal
00283878 → ACNP
Volume
57
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
318 - 320
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-3878(20010724)57:2<318:PFCAMT>2.0.ZU;2-R
Abstract
The authors report a 30-year-old identical twin who had prolonged febrile c onvulsions (FC) at the age of 8 months, left mesial temporal lobe epilepsy beginning at the age of 2 years, and left mesial temporal lobe sclerosis (M TS). The unaffected twin had short FC and meningitis at the age of 4 years but remained seizure free. Thus, prolonged FC in children younger than 4 ye ars may precipitate later development of MTS.