Pediatric Epilepsy Syndromes 02

Topic: Pediatric

Created on Tuesday, October 2 2007 by jdmiles

Last modified on Tuesday, October 2 2007.

 
        A) Benign rolandic epilepsy
 
        B) Landau-Kleffner syndrome
 
        C) Childhood absence epilepsy
 
        D) Childhood epilepsy with occipital paroxysms
 
        E) Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
 

 

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This question was created on October 02, 2007 by jdmiles.
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ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS

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A) Benign rolandic epilepsy

This answer is correct.

Benign Childhood Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (also called BECTS, or "Benign Rolandic Epilepsy") is the most common focal childhood epilepsy syndrome.  (See References)

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B) Landau-Kleffner syndrome

This answer is incorrect.

Landau-Kleffner syndrome, an acquired aphasia with epilepsy, does occur in childhood, but it is rare.  (See References)

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C) Childhood absence epilepsy

This answer is incorrect.

Childhood absence epilepsy is a generalized epilepsy syndrome, not a focal epilepsy syndrome.

  (See References)

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D) Childhood epilepsy with occipital paroxysms

This answer is incorrect.

Childhood epilepsy with occipital paroxysms (which is also called benign occipital epilepsy) is less common, and less benign, than benign rolandic epilepsy (which is also called BECTS or "Benign Childhood Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes").

  (See References)

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E) Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy

This answer is incorrect.

Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy is a generalized epilepsy syndrome, not a focal epilepsy syndrome.

  (See References)

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References:

1. Levin, K.H., and Luders, H.O. (Eds.) (2000). Comprehensive Clinical Neurophysiology. W.B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia.
2. Trescher, W.H., and Lesser, R.P. (2004). The epilepsies. In Bradley, W.G., Daroff, R.B., Fenichel, G.M., and Jankovic, J. (Eds.). Neurology in Clinical Practice, Fourth Edition. Butterworth Heinemann, Philadelphia, pp. 1953-1992.

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Pediatric Epilepsy Syndromes 02
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