Corpus callosotomy in a patient of hemimegalencephaly and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome

Shang Yeong Kwan; Hann Yeh Shyu; Ji Ho Lin; Tai Tong Wong; Kai Ping Chang; Chun Hing Yiu

doi:10.1016/j.braindev.2008.03.003

Corpus callosotomy in a patient of hemimegalencephaly and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome

Shang Yeong Kwan, Hann Yeh Shyu, Ji Ho Lin, Tai Tong Wong, Kai Ping Chang, Chun Hing Yiu

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We report the case of a girl with hemimegalencephaly (HME) and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) treated by callosotomy at 1 year of age. Over 10 years, her seizure frequency and severity decreased markedly. Hemispherectomy is the main surgical option for HME although HME appears to correlate with a less favorable seizure outcome. However, the clinical presentation of LGS and possible generalized cortical dysplasia, which is indicative of a secondarily generalized epilepsy, might predict a favorable surgical outcome of corpus callosotomy in patients of HME, as in our case.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	643-646
Number of pages	4
Journal	Brain and Development
Volume	30
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.braindev.2008.03.003
Publication status	Published - Nov 2008
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

Corpus callosotomy
Epilepsy
Generalized cortical dysplasia
Hemimegalencephaly
Lennox-Gastaut syndrome

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Developmental Neuroscience
Clinical Neurology

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Corpus callosotomy in a patient of hemimegalencephaly and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome

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