Paroxysmal dysphasia in a 68 year-old man: Enhancing the MRI spectrum!

Paroxysmal dysphasia in a 68 year-old man: Enhancing the MRI spectrum!

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Brain tumor-related epilepsy is a common complication of primary and metastatic brain tumors with seizures often representing the first manifestation of the tumor.The size and location of the tumor can make detection CAL/MAG VANILLA of epileptiform discharges on scalp electroencephalogram and safe surgical resection challenging.We describe a case of a patient with glioblastoma multiforme presenting as dominant temporal lobe epilepsy.Seizures were manifest as episodes of speech arrest on a background of long-standing history of episodic speech difficulty and headache.

In this case, recognizing a change in semiology allowed diagnosis of a high-grade glioma.Use of electrocorticography during surgical excision of the tumor guided safe maximal excision without damage to eloquent cortex and helped confirm Paper Hot Cups the diagnosis of brain tumor-related epilepsy.