At first, he would see a colorful circle. It would grow a shimmering, flashing tail “dripping” down, which he compared to fireworks. “It’s beautiful!” he said of one of these episodes – but they gave ...

Diffuse lesions involving the posterior quadrant (PQ) of the cerebral hemisphere (temporal, parietal, and occipital lobes) induce intractable epilepsy. These patients are potential candidates for ...

MRI typically shows posterior-predominant nonenhancing lesions that involve both gray and white matter. [1] The occipital and parietal regions are most commonly involved, as are the ventral brain stem ...

RETROLENTAL fibroplasia 1 is characterized by blindness due to the formation of an opaque membrane behind the lens. It usually occurs in infants born prematurely with a birth weight of about 1.3 kg.

This is an epilepsy that is idiopathic and typically begins in children between 3 and 13 years of age. Most commonly it starts before onset of puberty. There are simple partial seizures that involve ...