Epilepsia partialis continua of the abdominal muscles: a detailed electrophysiological study of a case.

Publisher: Wiley-Liss Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 8610688 Publication Model: Print Cited Medium: Print ISSN: 0885-3185 (Print) Linking ISSN: 08853185 NLM ISO Abbreviation: Mov Disord Subsets: MEDLINE

Publication: <2001->: New York, NY : Wiley-Liss
Original Publication: [New York, N.Y.] : Raven Press, [c1986-

Cerebral Cortex*/physiopathology ; Cerebral Cortex*/radiation effects; Brain Neoplasms/*diagnosis ; Cerebellar Neoplasms/*diagnosis ; Epilepsia Partialis Continua/*diagnosis ; Epilepsies, Partial/*diagnosis ; Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/*diagnosis; Aged ; Brain Neoplasms/complications ; Brain Neoplasms/physiopathology ; Brain Neoplasms/radiotherapy ; Cerebellar Cortex/physiopathology ; Cerebellar Cortex/radiation effects ; Cerebellar Neoplasms/complications ; Cerebellar Neoplasms/physiopathology ; Dominance, Cerebral/physiology ; Dominance, Cerebral/radiation effects ; Electroencephalography ; Electromyography ; Epilepsia Partialis Continua/etiology ; Epilepsia Partialis Continua/physiopathology ; Epilepsies, Partial/etiology ; Epilepsies, Partial/physiopathology ; Evoked Potentials, Motor/physiology ; Evoked Potentials, Motor/radiation effects ; Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory/physiology ; Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory/radiation effects ; Female ; Follow-Up Studies ; Humans ; Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/complications ; Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/physiopathology ; Neoplasms, Multiple Primary/radiotherapy ; Palliative Care

We describe the clinical and electrophysiological features of an elderly woman presenting with persistent clonic twitching of the abdominal muscles that were considered to represent a rare manifestation of epilepsia partialis continua due to a metastatic cortical lesion.

Date Created: 20040925 Date Completed: 20050214 Latest Revision: 20041101

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10.1002/mds.20209

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