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Gyratory epilepsy in a patient with a thalamic neoplasm
R Leiguarda1, M Nogués, M Berthier
1Instituto de Investigaciones Neurológicas Dr. R. Carrea (FLENI), Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Epilepsia
|September 1, 1992
Abstract:
A patient with a right thalamic oligodendroglioma developed seizures characterized by circling behavior, speech arrest, and secondarily generalized seizures. Gyratory epilepsy is relatively uncommon and may either represent a benign form of primary generalized epilepsy or occur secondary to a focal cortical lesion. Thalamic stimulation has been shown experimentally to induce circling movements, but no other clinical cases with a thalamic lesion have been described.