[Clinical case of the month. Miller-Dieker (lissencephaly) syndrome]

Rev Med Liege. 2007 Mar;62(3):139-43.
[Article in French]

Abstract

We present the case of a 10-year-old boy who presents with a severe epilepsy resistant to medical treatment in the context of a Miller-Dieker syndrome. This patient underwent the implantation of a pneumogastric nerve stimulator. We describe the patient's clinical history and the main characteristics of lissencephaly syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Abnormalities, Multiple / diagnosis
  • Abnormalities, Multiple / genetics*
  • Brain / abnormalities*
  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Child
  • Cryptorchidism / etiology
  • Electric Stimulation Therapy / methods
  • Electrodes, Implanted
  • Epilepsy / diagnosis
  • Epilepsy / genetics*
  • Epilepsy / therapy
  • Hirschsprung Disease / etiology
  • Humans
  • Hydrocephalus / etiology
  • Karyotyping
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Syndrome
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Vagus Nerve / physiology