Volume 27, Issue 140, October 2023

Eosinophilic astrocytic inclusions of the white matter in a patient with epilepsy: A case report

Alaa Alkhotani^1,2♦

¹Umm Al-Qura University, Pathology Department, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
²King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

^♦Corresponding author
Umm Al-Qura University, Pathology Department, King Abdullah Medical City, Makkah, Saudi Arabia

ABSTRACT

Protein aggregations are commonly seen in many conditions associated with epilepsy. They are usually present in cortical-based inclusions; they have different types, which present with different characteristics. In this rare case, we have a patient with astrocytic inclusions predominantly in the white matter. We present his case and the characteristics of the inclusion bodies.

Keywords: Epilepsy, seizure, astrocytic inclusions, filamin

Medical Science, 2023, 27, e363ms3218

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.54905/disssi.v27i140.e363ms3218

Published: 06 October 2023