Epilepsy in congenital lipodystrophy. Case report

Acta Neurol (Napoli). 1994 Feb-Apr;16(1-2):46-51.

Abstract

A case of congenital lipodystrophy complicated by complex-partial epilepsy is reported in a nine-year-old girl. The peculiarity of this rare case is represented by partial complex epilepsy with diffuse electroencephalographic alterations represented by a continuous seizure-like pattern that persisted unmodified despite the successful antiepileptic treatment. Although the etiopathology of lipodystrophy is, at present, still elusive, we hypothesize that the primitive dysfunction of lipidic metabolism plays a critical role in both determining central nervous system (CNS) alterations and the findings that characterized this extremely rare disease.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adipose Tissue / physiopathology
  • Carbamazepine / administration & dosage
  • Carbamazepine / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Electroencephalography
  • Electromyography
  • Epilepsy, Complex Partial / diagnosis
  • Epilepsy, Complex Partial / drug therapy
  • Epilepsy, Complex Partial / physiopathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lipodystrophy / congenital
  • Lipodystrophy / diagnosis
  • Lipodystrophy / physiopathology*
  • Parietal Lobe / physiopathology
  • Temporal Lobe / physiopathology

Substances

  • Carbamazepine