Congenital Perisylvian Syndrome presenting as Post-partum Seizures with Preeclampsia.

Whether preceded by preeclampsia, or occuring without antecedent warning symptoms, eclamptic seizures usually occur in the antepartum period between 20 and 40 weeks of gestation or within a few hours to 2 days postpartum. We report the case of a patient with pre-eclampsia who developed seizures after more than 2 days of delivery. In view of late onset postpartum seizures and non-responsiveness to magnesium sulphate, she was further evaluated and diagnosed to have congenital perisylvian syndrome(CPS). In CPS, polymicrogyric cortex is distributed in variable extensions around the sylvian fissure i.e. a structural malformation of the brain with underlying anomaly of polymicrogyria.

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