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Chapter 27 - Other neurocutaneous syndromes

from Section 3 - Symptomatic epilepsy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 March 2012

Simon D. Shorvon
Affiliation:
National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, London
Frederick Andermann
Affiliation:
Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute
Renzo Guerrini
Affiliation:
Child Neurology Unit, Meyer Pediatric Hospital, Florence
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Summary

This chapter talks about the neurocutaneous syndromes such as hypomelanosis of Ito (HI), incontinentia pigmenti (IP), nevus sebaceous (NS) syndrome and unilateral somatic intracranial hypoplasia. Chromosomal mosaicism is recognized as the pathogenic basis of many cases of HI and related disorders. It can explain the protean clinical manifestations of this condition and their often asymmetrical expression. Cerebral lesions of IP patients commonly extend radially through cortical and subcortical zones, involving cortex, subcortical and deep white matter, ependymal and subependymal zones of one or both cerebral hemispheres. Epilepsy usually appears after a variable period of evolution when the subcortical lesions are apparent in the cerebral hemisphere ipsilateral to the facial hemiatrophy. Unilateral hypoplasia of a polymicrogyric cerebral hemisphere, of the brainstem, cerebellum, and of the intracranial arteries on the same side and a hypoplastic hemibody commonly occur.
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The Causes of Epilepsy
Common and Uncommon Causes in Adults and Children
, pp. 196 - 200
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2011

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