Medical Journal of Dr. D.Y. Patil Vidyapeeth

LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Year
: 2017  |  Volume : 10  |  Issue : 2  |  Page : 215-

Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome-unanswered questions


Khichar Purnaram Shubhakaran1, Rekha Jakhar Khichar2,  
1 Department of Neurology, Dr. S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India
2 Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Dr. S. N. Medical College, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India

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Shubhakaran KP, Khichar RJ. Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome-unanswered questions.Med J DY Patil Univ 2017;10:215-215


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We read an interesting case report of Dyke-Davidoff-Masson syndrome (DDMS) by Jilowa and colleagues.[1] Here, we would like to share our experience:

The eminent authors have written that DDMS is usually diagnosed in early childhood but rare cases are diagnosed in young adults as the author's patient was diagnosed at the age of 25 years.[1] The authors have written “age of presentation depends on the time of occurrence of the brain insult and often clinical features may not be evident till adolescence.”[2] In this study, the mean age was 26.84 ± 9.71 as range of 8–42 years.[3] Here, the awareness of patient and relatives, competence of treating pediatric or other physician, and suspicion of the syndrome are more important besides presentations for diagnosing the condition at appropriate time and its managementAuthors have said it to be more common in males [1] as in our case series study of 32 patients in which 21 patients were males [3]It is said to have slight left hemispheric preponderance as in the author's patient,[1] and so is in our case series [3]The authors treated the patient with carbamazepine [1] which is a better drug than phenytoin as we have observed in our study where phenytoin was more associated with side effects and poor response [3]As the authors have said that “the condition needs to be differentiated from Basal ganglia germinoma, Sturge-Weber syndrome, Fishman syndrome, and Rasmussen encephalitis.”[1] We in a cohort of 31 patients found three patients of Rasmussen encephalitis [3]Of course, case reports are welcome, now it is time for case series [4] so as to use for Cochrane review and to streamline the various etiologic factors, clinical presentations, treatment strategies, and preventive interventions. Along with this, modern functional neuroimaging will also be of useful as exemplified by some case studies.[5]

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References

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