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. 1977 Aug;40(8):808–814. doi: 10.1136/jnnp.40.8.808

Diencephalic epilepsy in a patient with agenesis of the corpus callosum confirmed by computerised axial tomography

David Carr-Locke 1, Paul Millac 1
PMCID: PMC492840  PMID: 925703

Abstract

A case of diencephalic epilepsy is described in whom stereotyped attacks of spontaneous hypothermia and diaphoresis occurred over a 20 year period. No abnormality of the hypothalamo-pituitary-adrenal axis was found, and there was no evidence of an intracranial mass lesion. Pneumoencephalography and computerised axial tomography (EMI scan) demonstrated agenesis of the corpus callosum.

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