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Indian Journal of Neurosurgery 2016; 05(03): 183-184
DOI: 10.1055/s-0036-1581979
Case Report
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Seizures: A Manifestation of Corpus Callosum Cavernoma

Saurabh Kumar Verma
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Army Hospital (R&R), Delhi Cantt, New Delhi, Delhi, India
,
Krishan Kumar Yadav
2   Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Command Hospital Air Force (CHAF), Bengaluru, India
,
Neeraj Basantani
3   Department of Neurosurgery, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune, India
,
Salil Gupta
2   Department of Neurosurgery and Neurology, Command Hospital Air Force (CHAF), Bengaluru, India
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18 December 2015

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08 June 2016 (online)

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Abstract

Seizures are rarely a manifestation of corpus callosum lesions, especially when the lesion is a cavernoma in the genu. Till date only one such case has been reported. Here, we report a 46-year-old male patient who presented with an episode of generalized seizures. Neurological examination was unremarkable. However, a computed tomographic scan revealed a small hemorrhage in the region of the corpus callosum. On further investigations, magnetic resonance imaging and angiography confirmed it to be a cavernoma. The patient was managed conservatively with antiepileptics in view of the location of the lesion and is on regular follow-up. There are no definitive guidelines for management of such patients, and they continue to pose a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge to the practicing neurosurgeon.

Keywords

seizures - corpus callosum - cavernoma
 

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