Prolonged ictal aphasia: A diagnosis to consider

De novo status epilepticus with isolated aphasia

“…Seizure duration of aphasia over long periods of time is not uncommon and has been reported to last from several days [3,21,22] up to weeks [23], causing difficulties in differentiating between postictal and ictal states [24].…”

Epilepsy Did it Again: Memory and Model-Based Planning Studied in Patients After Epilepsy Surgery

“…1 The sensory and motor homunculi were born and indeed developed further. 2 Similarly, focal seizures in Broca’s area added to the localization of language expression 3 and even distinct brain expression of each language in bilingual patients. 4 Many neurobiological principles about the role of the hippocampus in memory formation in humans originated in the studies of HM, the famous patient in whom bilateral hippocampi were removed for intractable epilepsy by Dr Scoville and the follow-up neuropsychological evaluations performed by Dr Milner.…”

Clinical Neurophysiology in Disorders of Consciousness

“…One example is ictal aphasia (Herskovitz and Schiller 2012 ), which may present with PLEDs without defi nite electrographic seizures. One example is ictal aphasia (Herskovitz and Schiller 2012 ), which may present with PLEDs without defi nite electrographic seizures.…”