PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - GUY M. REMILLARD
AU  - ROMEO ETHIER
AU  - FREDERICK ANDERMANN
TI  - Temporal lobe epilepsy and perinatal occlusion of the posterior cerebral artery
AID  - 10.1212/WNL.24.11.1001
DP  - 1974 Nov 01
TA  - Neurology
PG  - 1001--1001
VI  - 24
IP  - 11
4099  - http://n.neurology.org/content/24/11/1001.short
4100  - http://n.neurology.org/content/24/11/1001.full
SO  - Neurology1974 Nov 01; 24
AB  - In most of eight patients with temporal lobe seizures, the only clearcut neurologic sign was a homonymous hemianopsia or quadrantanopsia. Pneumoencephalography revealed enormous dilation in the parieto-occipital region, with enlargement of the temporal horn. Arteriographic studies, where available, showed occlusion of arteries in the posterior cerebral territory that did not appear to be due to distortion secondary to the dilation of the ventricular system. A perinatal vascular occlusive etiology is suggested in some patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. In a milder form, such a mechanism may be involved in a greater number of patients. There is an analogy between this syndrome, the more commonly encountered infantile hemiplegias, and the vascular lesions described in some patients with focal motor epilepsy.