A Rare Cause of Epilepsy: Two Cases of Dyke-Davidoff-Masson Syndrome
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Date
2009
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Galenos Yayincilik
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Abstract
Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome (DDMS) is clinical characterized by epilepsy, contralateral hemiplegia, hemiparesia, difficulty in learning, mental retardation, cerebral hemiatrophy, in nevroimaging, unilateral calvarial thickening, enlargement of paranasel sinus and increased of aeration in radiologic imaging. Cogenital disorders, infections, vascular diseases, trauma, tumor, ischemic and hemorrmagic reasons have been implicated in the etiology in this report, we discussed as a reason of resistant epilepsy in a10 myear old female and 2 month old male patient with DDMS that has been found comparatively rarerly.
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Dyke-Davidoff-Masson Syndrome, Cerebral Hemilatrophy, Hemiparesia, Mental Retadation, Epilepsy
Journal or Series
Haseki Tip Bulteni-Medical Bulletin Of Haseki
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Volume
47
Issue
2
