Volume 27, Issue 133, March 2023

Dyke-Davidoff-Masson in a pregnant woman: A rare case report

Sonali Chauhan^1♦, Deepti Shrivastava², Kamlesh Chaudhari³, Rajasbala Dhande⁴, Vivek Jadawala⁵

¹Post Graduate Resident, Department of Obstetric and Gynaecology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher education and Research (Deemed to be university), India
ORCID ID - 0000-0001-9368-5130
²Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher education and Research (Deemed to be university), India
ORCID ID – 0000-0003-2058-9476
³Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher education and Research (Deemed to be university), India
ORCID ID – 0000-0002-1673-7467
⁴Professor, Department of Radiodiagnosis, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher education and Research (Deemed to be university), India
ORCID ID - 0000-0002-1206-1818
⁵Post Graduate Resident, Department of Orthopaedics, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Higher education and Research (Deemed to be university), India
ORCID ID - 0000-0003-0163-9132

^♦Corresponding author
Dr. Sonali Chauhan Junior resident, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical College, Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (Deemed to be university), Maharashtra – 442001, India.
ORCID: 0000-0001-9368-5130

ABSTRACT

Background: The first examples of this syndrome were identified and described by Dyke, Davidoff and Masson in 1933. The global incidence of the condition is still uncertain, even though 100 cases have been reported worldwide almost a century after its discovery. Clinical symptoms include mental retardation, hemiparesis or hemiplegia, facial or bodily asymmetry with atrophy and localised and/or widespread drug-resistant epilepsy. Case description: 23-year-old G2A1(gravida 2 abortion 1) presented with history of amenorrhoea since 9 months and pain in abdomen since 6 hours and she late developed complex partial status epilepticus and had a history of recurrent seizures since 10 years of age. MRI brain was done which revealed Dyke Davidoff Masson Syndrome. Conclusion: DDMS, a condition characterized by frequent and persistent seizures, is rare and can be difficult for medical professionals to diagnose accurately due to its rarity. However, specific imaging findings related to this disease can be revealed using MRI.

Keywords: Dyke Davidoff Masson Syndrome (DDMS), Seizures, Epilepsy, MRI Brain

Medical Science, 2023, 27, e151ms2750

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi/v27i133/e151ms2750

Published: 20 March 2023