[Clinical features of temporal lobe epilepsy with involvement of the insular lobe]. / Klinicheskie osobennosti visochnoi epilepsii pri vovlechenii v protsess ostrovkovoi doli.

OBJECTIVE: To determine the clinical features of the course of the disease when the insular lobe is involved in the epileptic process. MATERIAL AND METHODS: A comparative analysis of the results of diagnosis and treatment of 55 patients with temporal lobe epilepsy and 46 patients with temporal plus epilepsy was carried out. The results of neuroimaging, clinical and EEG studies were compared. RESULTS: Autonomic paroxysms of nausea and hypersalivation, skin changes, simple motor seizures, emotional seizure and sensory paroxysms are the most reliable signs of the involvement of the insular lobe in the epileptic process in temporal plus epilepsy. For 'pure' temporal lobe epilepsy, cognitive paroxysms of the déjà vu and aura are common. When the insular lobe is involved in the epileptic process, the seizures have a reliably high frequency, polymorphism and are more complex by structure. CONCLUSION: Paroxysmal syndrome in temporal plus epilepsy with involvement of the insular lobe undergoes significant changes in the form of increased seizures and the appearance of specific seizures and characteristic polymorphism.

[Tuberculoma of the right frontal lobe with epileptic seizures]. / Tuberkuloma pravoi lobnoi doli s épilepticheskimi pristupami.

Tuberculosis remains a serious global health issue. Tuberculosis of the central nervous system is the most frequent cause of chronic infection. Presented is a case of a 17 year-old patient with simple partial seizures with secondary generalization and increased intracranial pressure. MRI revealed a space occupying lesion of the right frontal lobe without edema. The lesion was thought to be a benign brain tumor. It was totally resected through an approach in the right frontal region. Histology identified tuberculoma.