Congenital Perisylvian Syndrome presenting as Post-partum Seizures with Preeclampsia
Agarwal, A.; Goyal, M.; Jain, J.; Agarwal, A.
Journal of the Association of Physicians of India 65(6): 103-105
2017
ISSN/ISBN: 0004-5772 PMID: 28782324 Document Number: 691585
Whether preceded by preeclampsia, or occuring without antecedent warning symptoms, eclamptic seizures usually occur in the antepartum period between 20 and 40 weeks of gestation or within a few hours to 2 days postpartum. We report the case of a patient with pre-eclampsia who developed seizures after more than 2 days of delivery. In view of late onset postpartum seizures and non-responsiveness to magnesium sulphate, she was further evaluated and diagnosed to have congenital perisylvian syndrome(CPS). In CPS, polymicrogyric cortex is distributed in variable extensions around the sylvian fissure i.e. a structural malformation of the brain with underlying anomaly of polymicrogyria.