RESUMO
An international consortium with a focus on Epilepsy Surgery Education was established with members from different centers in Latin America and Canada. All members of the consortium and attendees from different centers in Latin America and Canada have been meeting to discuss epilepsy surgery cases in a virtual manner. We surveyed all to assess the value of the meetings. The results and description of these meetings are being presented.
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Epilepsia , Canadá , Epilepsia/cirurgia , Humanos , América LatinaRESUMO
Epilepsy surgery is a well-established treatment for certain types of intractable epilepsy. While there is a relatively high number of epilepsy surgery centers in Canada and the United States, the same cannot be said about many other parts of the world, such as South America. Although there are notable exceptions, such as Brazil and Colombia, formal epilepsy surgery centers have been lacking in many South American countries, including Peru. Although sporadic cases have been performed in Peru, there was no formal epilepsy surgery center in the country as of 2011. Beginning in 2008, with the support of the Partnering Epilepsy Centers in America program of the North American Commission of the International League Against Epilepsy, the Epilepsy Program at Western University in London, Canada, was partnered with the Department of Epilepsy at the Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Neurologicas in Lima. This was the beginning of a long-term relationship that culminated in the establishment of the first 2 formal epilepsy surgery centers in Peru. The purpose of this communication is to briefly summarize the establishment of 2 independent epilepsy surgery programs in Peru and to document the methods with which this accomplishment was achieved.
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Epilepsia/epidemiologia , Epilepsia/cirurgia , Resultado do Tratamento , Eletroencefalografia , Epilepsia/diagnóstico , Feminino , Humanos , Cooperação Internacional , Intercâmbio Educacional Internacional , Masculino , América do Norte/epidemiologia , Peru/epidemiologia , Desenvolvimento de ProgramasRESUMO
Se reporta el caso de un paciente varón de 63 años; natural y procedente de Juliaca, que ingresó por un cuadro de episodios paroxismales de afasia transitoria, de 2 minutos de duración asociado a cefalea, sin trastorno de conciencia. No antecedentes de epilepsia, ni otros antecedentes patológicos. Al examen físico se evidenció episodios de parafasias semánticas y literales transitorias, de 1-2 minutos de duración. Los hallazgos de la tomografía cerebral y de la resonancia de encéfalo mostraron imágenes quísticas confluentes en valle silviano izquierdo de aspecto racemoso además de quistes vesiculares intraparenquimales peri-silvianos; los cuales resultaron definitivos para el diagnóstico. El presente caso de neurocisticercosis Mixta se manifestó como crisis epilépticas focales caracterizadas por afasia paroxismal, destacándose la presentación atípica. Se hace una breve revisión de la literatura...
We report a case of a 63-year old male patient; living in Juliaca, who was admitted with symptoms of paroxysmal episodes of transient aphasia lasting 2 minutes of associated with headache but without consciousness disturbances. He did not have history of epilepsy or other past medical history. Physical examination revealed transient semantic and literal paraphasias of 1 to 2 minutes of duration. The findings on computerized tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain disclosed multiple confluent cysts in clusters in the left sylvian fissure and vesicular perisylvian intraparenchymal cysts; all of which were definitive for the diagnosis. Highlighting the atypical presentation, this case of mixed neurocysticercosis was manifested as focal seizures characterized by paroxysmal aphasia. A brief literature review is presented...