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An atypical patient with Cowden syndrome and PTEN gene mutation presenting with cortical malformation and focal epilepsy.
Brain & development - 1 Nov 2012
Elia Maurizio, Amato Carmelo, Bottitta Maria, Grillo Lucia, Calabrese Giuseppe, Esposito Maria, Carotenuto Marco
Abstract excerpt
We report the case of a girl with Cowden syndrome (CS) presenting with unilateral perisylvian dysplasia and with drug resistant focal seizures carrying a novel missense mutation 385G>A (G129R) in the PTEN gene. CS has been rarely reported in association with a cortical malformation or epilepsy. These cases suggest that cortical dysplasia needs to be suspected when a CS patient presents with drug-resistant seizures.
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