Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8683983 | Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports | 2018 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
Two patients at our center experienced florid visual hallucinations following hemispherectomy. The first patient had drug-resistant left hemispheric focal seizures at 20 months of age from a previous stroke. Following functional hemispherectomy at age 3, he experienced frightening hallucinations 1 month post-operatively lasting 3.5 months. Our second patient underwent subtotal hemispherectomy at age 6 for drug-resistant focal seizures from right hemispheric cortical dysplasia. Eighteen months later he developed scary visual hallucinations during which he would shout and throw things. Hallucinations recurred for 6 months. In our experience in these patients, even though symptoms were florid, they were transient and subsided 3-6 months later.
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Authors
Jonas Vanags, Monisha Sachdev, Gerald Grant, Mohamad A. Mikati,