Pediatric Epilepsy Syndromes 09

Topic: Pediatric

Created on Sunday, March 9 2008 by jdmiles

Last modified on Sunday, March 9 2008.

 
        A) Repeat EEG in 2 months
 
        B) Surgical resection of the seizure focus
 
        C) Repeat EEG in 6 months
 
        D) Levetiractetam and valproate
 
        E) Lamotrigine
 

 

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ANSWERS AND EXPLANATIONS

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A) Repeat EEG in 2 months

This answer is incorrect.

This child's history is very typical of Benign Childhood Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (also called BECTS, or "Benign Rolandic Epilepsy").

Children with this syndrome are otherwise normal neurologically, and typically remit spontaneously. Often, these seizures are not treated. If treated, seizures are usually responsive to monotherapy with most antiepileptic agents.

The patient's current history and EEG are sufficient for this diagnosis. Repeating the EEG is unlikely to change this patient's management.

  (See References)

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B) Surgical resection of the seizure focus

This answer is incorrect.

This child's history is very typical of Benign Childhood Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (also called BECTS, or "Benign Rolandic Epilepsy").

Children with this syndrome are otherwise normal neurologically, and typically remit spontaneously. Often, these seizures are not treated. If treated, seizures are usually responsive to monotherapy with most antiepileptic agents.

  (See References)

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C) Repeat EEG in 6 months

This answer is incorrect.

This child's history is very typical of Benign Childhood Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (also called BECTS, or "Benign Rolandic Epilepsy").

Children with this syndrome are otherwise normal neurologically, and typically remit spontaneously. Often, these seizures are not treated. If treated, seizures are usually responsive to monotherapy with most antiepileptic agents.

The patient's current history and EEG are sufficient for this diagnosis. Repeating the EEG is unlikely to change this patient's management.

  (See References)

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D) Levetiractetam and valproate

This answer is incorrect.

This child's history is very typical of Benign Childhood Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (also called BECTS, or "Benign Rolandic Epilepsy").

Children with this syndrome are otherwise normal neurologically, and typically remit spontaneously. Often, these seizures are not treated. If treated, seizures are usually responsive to monotherapy with most antiepileptic agents.

  (See References)

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E) lamotrigine

This answer is correct.

This child's history is very typical of Benign Childhood Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (also called BECTS, or "Benign Rolandic Epilepsy"), the most common focal childhood epilepsy syndrome. Onset of symptoms is between 4 and 12 years, most commonly at age 8 or 9. Seizure types are simple partial motor seizures involving the face, which usually occur during sleep or when the child wakes up. Children are usually brought to clinical attention after a generalized tonic clonic seizure, which represents the secondary generalization of one of these partial motor seizures. There is a family history of epilepsy in 40% of cases. This syndrome is strongly associated with EEG findings of centrotemporal sharp waves. These sharp waves have a maximal amplitude where the rolandic and sylvian fissures meet. Children with this syndrome are otherwise normal neurologically, and typically remit spontaneously. Often, these seizures are not treated. If treated, seizures are usually responsive to monotherapy with most antiepileptic agents.   (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.
3. Floyd, T. (1999). "Bear-inflicted human injury and fatality." Wilderness Environ Med, 10(2) 75-87. (PMID:10442155)

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Pediatric Epilepsy Syndromes 09
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