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A Rare Case of Insular Epilepsy: Not To Be Missed in Refractory Epilepsy Patients
Insular epilepsy often goes under-recognized and misdiagnosed due to the similarity of its features with temporal lobe epilepsy and the common exclusion of the insula during intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG). Here, we present a case of medically refractory epilepsy in a 43-year-old male wit...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6701894/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31482049 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5434 |
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author | Kurukumbi, Mohan Leiphart, James Singer, Lillian |
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description | Insular epilepsy often goes under-recognized and misdiagnosed due to the similarity of its features with temporal lobe epilepsy and the common exclusion of the insula during intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG). Here, we present a case of medically refractory epilepsy in a 43-year-old male with a 12-year history of tonic-clonic seizures. Insular epilepsy cases are often considered for diagnosis in the setting of abnormal insular pathology, such as a low-grade central nervous system (CNS) lesion. This is a unique case of non-lesional insular epilepsy, successfully managed by the resection of the insular cortex. |
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spelling | pubmed-67018942019-09-03 A Rare Case of Insular Epilepsy: Not To Be Missed in Refractory Epilepsy Patients Kurukumbi, Mohan Leiphart, James Singer, Lillian Cureus Neurology Insular epilepsy often goes under-recognized and misdiagnosed due to the similarity of its features with temporal lobe epilepsy and the common exclusion of the insula during intracranial electroencephalography (iEEG). Here, we present a case of medically refractory epilepsy in a 43-year-old male with a 12-year history of tonic-clonic seizures. Insular epilepsy cases are often considered for diagnosis in the setting of abnormal insular pathology, such as a low-grade central nervous system (CNS) lesion. This is a unique case of non-lesional insular epilepsy, successfully managed by the resection of the insular cortex. Cureus 2019-08-20 /pmc/articles/PMC6701894/ /pubmed/31482049 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5434 Text en Copyright © 2019, Kurukumbi et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Neurology Kurukumbi, Mohan Leiphart, James Singer, Lillian A Rare Case of Insular Epilepsy: Not To Be Missed in Refractory Epilepsy Patients |
title | A Rare Case of Insular Epilepsy: Not To Be Missed in Refractory Epilepsy Patients |
title_full | A Rare Case of Insular Epilepsy: Not To Be Missed in Refractory Epilepsy Patients |
title_fullStr | A Rare Case of Insular Epilepsy: Not To Be Missed in Refractory Epilepsy Patients |
title_full_unstemmed | A Rare Case of Insular Epilepsy: Not To Be Missed in Refractory Epilepsy Patients |
title_short | A Rare Case of Insular Epilepsy: Not To Be Missed in Refractory Epilepsy Patients |
title_sort | rare case of insular epilepsy: not to be missed in refractory epilepsy patients |
topic | Neurology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6701894/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31482049 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.5434 |
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