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Query: UMLS:C0014547 (focal epilepsy)
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We report 3 cases of epilepsy with bilateral occipital calcifications followed up for several years. These cases were compared with 21 published cases and were found to differ from the classical Sturge-Weber syndrome on several points: 1) the disease appeared around the age of 5 years and consisted of focal epilepsy without neurological or mental disorders; 2) the epilepsy was easy to control during 2 to 5 years. This was followed by a diffuse encephalopathy with severe, treatment-resistant epilepsy, Gerstmann's syndrome, optic ataxia, cerebellar syndrome and slow activity at EEG. It appears from these 3 cases that: 1) occipital calcifications may be unilateral at the onset of the disease; 2) visual evoked potentials are affected at a late stage, and 3) CT scans are of considerable value in the prognosis of benign epilepsy in childhood.
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PMID:[Epilepsy and bilateral occipital calcifications: 3 cases]. 219 37