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Year : 2022 | Volume
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An unusual EEG pattern associated with a complex malformation of cortical development
Aruna Setumadhava Jyostna1, Kollencheri Puthenveettil Vinayan1, Vaishakh Anand1, Akash Shridharani2, Sonu Ravindran3
1 Department of Pediatric Neurology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin, Kerala, India 2 Department of Neurology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin, Kerala, India 3 Amrita Advanced Centre for Epilepsy, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin, Kerala, India
Date of Submission | 12-Dec-2021 |
Date of Acceptance | 13-Jan-2022 |
Date of Web Publication | 25-Jun-2022 |
Correspondence Address: Kollencheri Puthenveettil Vinayan Department of Pediatric Neurology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Cochin - 682 041, Kerala India
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DOI: 10.4103/aian.aian_1066_21
How to cite this article: Jyostna AS, Vinayan KP, Anand V, Shridharani A, Ravindran S. An unusual EEG pattern associated with a complex malformation of cortical development. Ann Indian Acad Neurol 2022;25:485-6 |
How to cite this URL: Jyostna AS, Vinayan KP, Anand V, Shridharani A, Ravindran S. An unusual EEG pattern associated with a complex malformation of cortical development. Ann Indian Acad Neurol [serial online] 2022 [cited 2022 Aug 9];25:485-6. Available from: https://www.annalsofian.org/text.asp?2022/25/3/485/345407 |
A 5-month-old infant with macrocephaly and dysmorphism presented with seizures. Magnetic resonance imaging of the brain showed fused lateral ventricles and the absence of mid-line structures (inter-hemispheric fissure, septum pellucidum, and corpus callosum). A large dorsal cyst was seen, pushing the thin strip of the remaining fused cerebral cortex anteriorly. Imaging was suggestive of alobar holoprosencephaly [Figure 1]a. The electroencephalogram (EEG) showed a decreasing gradient of electrical potentials from the frontal electrode to the occipital electrode, with an almost isoelectric line over the most posterior leads [Figure 1]b. The electrical isolation of the posterior electrodes from the thin strip of the cerebral cortex by the huge dorsal cyst might be considered as the most plausible hypothesis for this unusual EEG pattern.[1],[2] | Figure 1: (a): (Left) Sagittal T2 – A strip of cerebral parenchymal tissue over the frontal region (small arrow). A dorsal cyst occupies the rest of the supratentorial compartment (big arrow). (a): (Right) Axial T2 – Single ventricle (small arrow) and the absence of mid-line structures (inter-hemispheric fissure, septum pellucidum, and corpus callosum). The cerebral cortex is fused and pushed anteriorly by the large dorsal cyst (big arrow). (b): EEG in the bipolar longitudinal double banana (left) and referential common average (right) montages. Note the decreasing gradient of potentials from the frontal to occipital electrode chains, with an almost isoelectric recording in the most posterior leads, especially on the bipolar montage (arrows)
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