[Hemimegalencephaly: description of a clinical case]. / Emimegaloencefalia: descrizione di un caso clinico.

The Authors describe a case of hemimegalencephaly (HME) which appeared with seizures and severe hypotonia in a twelve days old female new born. The eeg alterations aroused of HME suspicion, confirmed from the cerebral TAC. Later on clinical characteristics showed a serious worsening of the illness. THe exitus was caused from the status epilepticus when the child was eight months old before hemispherectomy. Medical and surgical treatments are discussed pointing out the indications and the complications of hemispherectomy.