[A variant of the epilepsia partialis continua syndrome in a child with hypoplasia of the internal carotid artery].

The authors describe a case of a 13-year-old adolescent. Being seven years old, he developed the epileptic syndrome associated with persistent focal and secondary generalized fits refractory to the treatment. Later the clinical picture became very suggestive of the syndrome Epilepsia partialis continua. In the course of the illness, the patient developed the diencephalic syndrome associated with arterial hypertension and early puberty, right-handed central hemiparesis, contractures, partial motor aphasia, and a decrease of the intellect. Computer-aided axial tomography revealed progressive development of atrophy of the left hemisphere and compensatory dilatation of the ventricles. Panangiography demonstrated hypoplasia of the left internal carotid artery.