Late-onset temporal lobe epilepsy and dilatation of the hippocampal sulcus by an enlarged Virchow-Robin space

Neurology. 1998 Mar;50(3):784-7. doi: 10.1212/wnl.50.3.784.

Abstract

MRI signal changes within the hippocampal sulcus have been attributed to a dilated Virchow-Robin space within that sulcus, but no clinical correlates have previously been described. We present a 64-year-old man who developed right temporal seizures. MRI revealed an unusually enlarged Virchow-Robin space within the hippocampus, suggesting space-occupying effect. Such an abnormality should be considered a possible etiology in patients with late-onset temporal lobe epilepsy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Age of Onset
  • Electroencephalography
  • Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / diagnosis*
  • Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / epidemiology
  • Hippocampus / pathology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged