Successful Total Callosotomy in a Patient with Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome and Cardio-Facio-Cutaneous Syndrome.

Tohoku J Exp MedDec 19, 2024 (epub)
Case ReportNeurologyNeurosurgery

Aritomo Kawashima, Haruhiko Nakamura, Kaori Kodama et al.

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Case in brief

A patient with cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome had intractable epilepsy characterized by drop attacks. Total callosotomy was performed and reported as successful, with the procedure proving effective in this case. The abstract does not provide further clinical findings or specify the degree or duration of improvement.

What made this case unusual

The report describes successful total callosotomy in a patient with both cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome and Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.

Diagnostic / clinical pearl

In this reported case, total callosotomy was effective for severe, uncontrolled drop attacks in a patient with a genetic developmental and epileptic encephalopathy.

Source

PubMed · PMID 39694493

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