Lingual epilepsia partialis continua in a girl.

Epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) is characterized by focal seizures that cannot be stopped. The most common cause of EPC in children is Rasmussen's encephalitis. In this video case report, we describe an 11-year old female with continuous lingual EPC for two years.

Temporal lobe epilepsy: analysis of failures and the role of reoperation.

Purpose: To analyze failures and reoperations in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE), and compare these patients with those seizure-free, and to determine any significant differences between the groups.

Methods: A total of 262 patients with TLE, treated surgically between 1984 and 2002, were followed at 3, 6 and 12 months and yearly thereafter. Sixty-five percent became seizure-free (class I), 19% had rare seizures (class II), and 16% continued to have seizures (classes III and IV).

Cardiac asystole during a temporal lobe seizure.

The association between temporal lobe seizures and cardiac arrhythmias has been anecdotally reported in the literature. Ictal bradycardia and cardiac asystole are rare, and maybe underestimated. The physiological mechanism is poorly understood.

Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (childhood epileptic encephalopathy).

Lennox-Gastaut syndrome (LGS) is a childhood epileptic encephalopathy characterized by an electroclinical triad of generalized slow spike wave (SSW) activity in the EEG, multiple types of epileptic seizures, and slow mental development. It is usually subdivided into symptomatic and cryptogenic types, the latter accounting for at least one fourth of all patients. Symptomatic cases are due to diverse cerebral conditions, which are usually bilateral, diffuse, or multifocal, involving cerebral gray matter.