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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · International Journal of Epilepsy 2023; 09(01/02): 024-026
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1788708
Case Report

Wada Demonstrates Ipsilateral Language Function in Dyke-Davidoff-Masson Syndrome

Rutul Shah
1   Department of Neurology, Amrita Advanced Centre for Epilepsy, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi, Kerala, India
2   Department of Neurology, K. D. Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
,
Siby Gopinath
1   Department of Neurology, Amrita Advanced Centre for Epilepsy, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi, Kerala, India
,
Abhishek Gohel
1   Department of Neurology, Amrita Advanced Centre for Epilepsy, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi, Kerala, India
2   Department of Neurology, K. D. Hospital, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
,
Sreelakshmi Narayanan
1   Department of Neurology, Amrita Advanced Centre for Epilepsy, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Centre, Kochi, Kerala, India
,
Ashok Pillai
3   Department of Neurosurgery, Amrita Advanced Centre for Epilepsy, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Kochi, Kerala, India
,
Ramiah Rajesh Kannan
4   Department of Neuroradiology, Amrita Advanced Centre for Epilepsy, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Center, Kochi, Kerala, India
,
Talal Almashaikhi
5   Department of Clinical Physiology, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Seeb, Oman
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Abstract

Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome (DDMS) is usually described secondary to prenatal or perinatal insult and is characterized by seizures, cerebral hemiatrophy, hemiparesis/facial asymmetry, and learning disability. We report an adolescent-onset case who presented with drug-refractory seizures and was considered for hemispherotomy on the dominant side. This is the first case report of DDMS where Wada helped in lateralizing the language to the ipsilateral dominant hemisphere despite the atrophy of the left inferior frontal gyrus. Thus, Wada is recommended in all patients without language regression who are considered for dominant hemispherotomy.

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