ArticleJournal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea)2008
Neurocutaneous melanosis presenting as chronic partial epilepsy.
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- Neurocutaneous melanocytosis (melanosis).Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2020Article
- A 3-year-old boy with drug-resistant complex partial seizures.Brain pathology (Zurich, Switzerland) · 2012Article
- Neuropathology of neurocutaneous melanosis: histological foci of melanotic neurones and glia may be undetectable on MRI.Acta neuropathologica · 2012Article
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Abstract
backgroundNeurocutaneous melanosis (NCM) is a rare neurocutaneous syndrome characterized by the presence of multiple congenital melanocytic nevi (CMN) and the proliferation of melanocytes in the central nervous system, usually involving the leptomeninges. Chronic partial epilepsy as a sole manifestation is rare in NCM. CASE REPORT: A 32-year-old man suffering from chronic partial epilepsy presented with multiple CMN on his trunk and scalp. Brain MRI demonstrated a focal lesion in the right amygdala that was consistent with interictal epileptiform discharges in the right temporal region on electroencephalography (EEG). An anterior temporal lobectomy was performed, and the pathology investigation revealed numerous melanophages in the amygdala. The patient was seizure-free after surgery.
conclusionsWe report a patient with NCM presenting as chronic partial epilepsy who was successfully treated by anterior temporal lobectomy.
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