[Magnetoencephalographic and electrocorticographic studies on the epileptogenic focus in a patient with Kojewnikow syndrome]

No To Hattatsu. 1999 Jan;31(1):48-53.
[Article in Japanese]

Abstract

Partial motor seizures occur, followed after a variable interval by well-localized myoclonic jerks, in the patients with Kojewnikow syndrome, or epilepsia partialis continua. However, the epileptogenic focus remains to be established. We studied the epileptogenic focus of a 17-year-old boy with intractable Kojewnikow syndrome. Interictal EEG, ictal EEG, jerk-locked averaging, and ictal SPECT revealed a left central focus. A giant SEP indicated increased exitability of the primary sensory area. Magnetoencephalogram (MEG) and electrocorticogram identified the epileptogenic focus in the pre- and post-central cortex, indicating involvement of both the primary motor and sensory areas. Surgical treatment was successful. Thus, MEG proved to be the most accurate tool in the presurgical evaluation.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Cerebral Cortex / physiopathology*
  • Electroencephalography*
  • Epilepsia Partialis Continua / diagnosis*
  • Epilepsia Partialis Continua / physiopathology
  • Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory
  • Humans
  • Magnetoencephalography*
  • Male
  • Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon