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Mutación de protocadherina 19 (PC-DH19), en paciente con epilepsia refractaria

Paciente de 4 años de edad, con epilepsia de difícil manejo, cuya etiología se atribuye a patología autoinmune y que finalmente se diagnostica una mutación de protocadherina (PCDH19). Se discute la fisiopatología, características clínicas, exámenes y los posibles tratamientos....

Dieta cetogénica: mecanismos en el control de la epilepsia refractaria

Introducción: Existe un porcentaje relevante de pacientes con epilepsia que son refractarios al tratamiento con fármacos anticonvulsivan-tes. Este cuadro, se denomina epilepsia refractaria (ER), en el cual, la dieta cetogénica (DC), ha probado ser una alternativa efectiva. Existen diferentes versiones...

Efficacy of cannabinoids in pharmacoresistant epilepsy: A narrative review of the literature

Iatreia; 33 (2), 2020
SUMMARY Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder that affects approximately 1% of the world's pop7u-lation. About one third of those patients suffer from treatment-resistant epilepsy (TRE8), defined as failure to stop seizures despite adequate trials of at least two medications at therapeutic dosa-ges....

Surgical treatment of drug-resistant epilepsy caused by gliomas in eloquent areas: experience report

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 77 (11), 2019
ABSTRACT Drug-resistant epilepsy associated with central nervous system tumors is generally caused by low grade gliomas. This group of tumors is usually found in brain eloquent areas, such as the insular lobe, rolandic cortex and supplementary motor area and, historically, possess a greater risk of posto...

El equipo multidisciplinario en la aplicación clinica de la dieta cetogénica

Medicina (B.Aires); 79 (3), 2019
La dieta cetogénica se considera un tratamiento eficaz y bien tolerado para la epilepsia refractaria. Nuestro trabajo suministra información práctica sobre el uso de la dieta cetogénica, realizando una revisión acerca de las indicaciones clásicas y las nuevas que permiten ampliar el uso de la misma...

Multimodal quantitative magnetic resonance imaging analysis with individualized postprocessing in patients with drug-resistant focal epilepsy and conventional visual inspection negative for epileptogenic lesions

Clinics; 74 (), 2019
OBJECTIVES: Approximately one-third of candidates for epilepsy surgery have no visible abnormalities on conventional magnetic resonance imaging. This is extremely discouraging, as these patients have a less favorable prognosis. We aimed to evaluate the utility of quantitative magnetic resonance imaging i...

Neurocysticercosis as a probable risk factor for hippocampal sclerosis

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 76 (11), 2018
ABSTRACT Neurocysticercosis is one of the most common risk factors for epilepsy but its association with drug-resistant epilepsy remains uncertain. Conjectures of an association with drug-resistant epilepsy have been fueled by reports of an association between calcific neurocysticercosis lesions (CNL) an...

Is self-report sleepiness associated with cognitive performance in temporal lobe epilepsy?

Arq. neuropsiquiatr; 76 (9), 2018
ABSTRACT Sleepiness and cognitive impairment are common symptoms observed in patients with epilepsy. We investigate whether self-reported sleepiness is associated with cognitive performance in patients with refractory mesial temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis (MTLE-HS). Seventy-one consecu...

Qualidade de vida e eventos adversos de pacientes com epilepsia farmacorresistente em uso de lamotrigina

Modelo do estudo: Estudo transversal. Introdução: O tratamento farmacológico é a primeira opção para o tratamento da epilepsia, e cerca de 40% dos pacientes necessitam de politerapia para melhor controle das crises epilépticas, o que pode estar associado ao aumento de eventos adversos e comprometi...