Surgery in West Syndrome

Abstract

The results of surgical removal of a porencephalic cyst in an 18-month old child with infantile spasms and hypsarrhythmia are reported from the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, VA Medical Center and University of Florida; the State University of Stony Brook, NY; and University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI.

Keywords

• infantile spasms
• cerebro-oculo-facial-skeletal syndrome
• microphthalmia