Elimination of medically intractable epileptic drop attacks following endoscopic total corpus callosotomy in Rett syndrome.
Childs Nerv Syst
; 33(11): 1883-1887, 2017 Nov.
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ABSTRACT
INTRODUCTION:
Rett syndrome is a neurodevelopmental genetic disorder, characterized by developmental delay, hand stereotypies, abnormal gait, and acquired microcephaly. Epilepsy is very common in Rett syndrome and can be medically intractable. It remains uncertain if a patient with epileptic drop attacks associated with this genetic disease can benefit from corpus callosotomy. CASE REPORT We report an 8-year-old girl with Rett syndrome and medically intractable epileptic drop attacks who underwent endoscopic total corpus callosotomy without any complications that led to the successful elimination of her seizures.CONCLUSION:
Total corpus callosotomy is a feasible treatment option for medically intractable epileptic drop attacks in Rett syndrome and should not be considered as a contraindication in this condition. This is the first reported case of corpus callosotomy in Rett syndrome.Palavras-chave
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Síndrome de Rett
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Descorticação Cerebral
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Corpo Caloso
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Epilepsia Resistente a Medicamentos
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Childs Nerv Syst
Assunto da revista:
NEUROLOGIA
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PEDIATRIA
Ano de publicação:
2017
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos