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Hemimegalencephaly: Seizure Outcome In An Infant After Hemispherectomy, Prem Chand, Pooja Manglani, Qalab Abbas Jan 2018

Hemimegalencephaly: Seizure Outcome In An Infant After Hemispherectomy, Prem Chand, Pooja Manglani, Qalab Abbas

Department of Paediatrics and Child Health

Isolated hemimegalencephaly (iHME) is a rare form of congenital malformation of cortical development characterized by enlargement of all or part of one cerebral hemisphere. It typically presents with intractable seizures, developmental delay, contralateral hemiparesis, and hemianopia. We report a case of an 18-month-old girl who presented first with focal seizures at tenth day of life, with no other physical or behavioral abnormality. Initial EEG showed excessive sharp EEG transients more over the right hemisphere; repeated EEG showed spikes, polyspikes, sharps, and slow wave discharges predominately over the right hemisphere. MRI of the brain showed asymmetric enlargement of the right cerebral …