Valproic Acid-induced Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy Promoted by Levetiracetam

The distinct brain regions could be specifically involved in different languages and the differences in brain activation depending on the language proficiency and on the age of language acquisition.Speech disturbances are observed in the majority of temporal lobe complex motor seizures.Ictal verbalization had significant lateralization value: 90% of patients with this manifestation had seizure focus in the non-dominant temporal lobe.Although, ictal speech automatisms are usually uttered in the patient's native language, ictal speech foreign language automatisms are unusual presentations of non-dominent temporal lobe epilepsy.The release of isolated foreign language area could be possible depending on the pattern of ictal spreading of non-dominant hemisphere.Most of the case reports in ictal speech foreign language automatisms were men.In this case report, we observed ictal foreign language automatisms in middle age Korean woman.(2014;