Agenesis of the Corpus Callosum and Generalized Epilepsy
Faik Ilik1, Ugur T Bilgilisoy2
1Department of Neurology, Elbistan State Hospital, Kahramanmaras, Turkey faikilik@hotmail.com.
Abstract:
The corpus callosum is the main band of interhemispheric axonal fibers in the human brain. Corpus callosum agenesis has widely varying symptoms, mainly associated with epilepsy, cognitive failure, and different neuropsychiatric disorders. Our case of corpus callosum agenesis includes eyelid myoclonia with absences. In the literature, there is no reported case of this combination. We report this case because it is rare, and relevant for the understanding of interhemispheric communications, based on our electrophysiological findings.
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