Epilepsy case with focal cerebral herniation into the sigmoid sinus

Neurol Sci. 2016 Mar;37(3):487-8. doi: 10.1007/s10072-015-2430-8. Epub 2015 Dec 15.

Authors

Yosuke Kakisaka¹, Shiho Sato², Masaru Takayanagi³, Nobukazu Nakasato⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Epileptology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan. kakisuke@mui.biglobe.ne.jp.
² Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan.
³ Department of Pediatrics, Sendai City Hospital, Sendai, Japan.
⁴ Department of Epileptology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, 2-1 Seiryo-machi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8575, Japan.

PMID: 26670592
DOI: 10.1007/s10072-015-2430-8

No abstract available

Keywords: Cerebral herniation; Epilepsy; Venous sinuses.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Brain / diagnostic imaging*
Brain / metabolism
Epilepsy / diagnostic imaging*
Epilepsy / drug therapy
Epilepsy / metabolism
Female
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Glucose / metabolism
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Phlebography
Radiopharmaceuticals

Substances

Radiopharmaceuticals
Fluorodeoxyglucose F18
Glucose