Simple ictal or interictal automatisms are commonly seen in epilepsy, whereas complex automatisms are rare. Simple ictal vocalizations or appendicular automatisms have been reported to be due to mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. However, seizure-associated singing and dancing is very rare. We report a seventeen-year-old patient with ictal singing and rhythmic swinging of the arms as a dancing gest...

Many patients with epilepsy have warning symptoms prior to seizure onset, and some of these individuals report the ability to abort or prevent these seizures. We investigated the clinical characteristics of perceived self-control of seizures in 174 patients with uncontrolled partial epilepsy. The warning symptoms were categorized as premonitory (prodrome) and as initial symptoms of simple parti...

Simple ictal or interictal automatisms are commonly seen in epilepsy, whereas complex automatisms are rare. Simple ictal vocalizations or appendicular automatisms have been reported to be due to mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. However, seizure-associated singing and dancing is very rare. We report a seventeen-year-old patient with ictal singing and rhythmic swinging of the arms as a dancing gest...

A detailed history taking and an eyewitness account are important in diagnosing a seizure. Antiseizure medication is generally not prescribed after single seizure, except for patients with high risk of recurrence. The choice varies according to the type seizure patient’s coexisting conditions childbearing potential.

PURPOSE Electroencephalography (EEG) is frequently ordered for patients with febrile seizures despite its unclear diagnostic value. We evaluated the prevalence of abnormal EEGs, the association between clinical findings and abnormal EEGs, and the predictive value of EEG for the recurrence of febrile seizures. METHODS Data were collected on 230 children who were treated for febrile seizures at...

Objective: The detection of epileptic seizures from scalp electroencephalogram (EEG) signals can facilitate early diagnosis and treatment. Previous studies suggested that the Gaussianity EEG distributions changes depending on presence or absence seizures; however, no general signal models explain such in within a unified scheme. Methods: This paper describes formulation stochastic model based m...

introduction: this study was aimed to asses the rate of recurrence after the first unprovoked seizure in children. methods and materials: in a prospective study, we recruited 145 children who presented with primary unprovoked seizure and were followed for at least 12 months after the first seizure. results: seventy five children (51.7%) experienced subsequent seizures. the cumulative risk of se...

www.neurosciencesjournal.org E is a neurological disorder characterized by recurrent seizures, which result in an altered level of consciousness.1 Although appropriate management with antiepileptic drugs can result in seizure remission, 3040% of epileptic patients are incompletely controlled.1 A number of studies have shown that epileptic patients are more likely than age-matched controls to ex...

objective febrile seizure is the most common problem in pediatric neurology that occurs in 3- 4 % of children. the purpose of this study was to determine febrile seizure recurrence frequency and to evaluate its risk factors. materials & methods in a descriptive prospective study, 139 children (6 months to 6 years) with first febrile seizure were admitted to yazd shaheed sadoughi hospital betwee...