RATIONALE Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumors (DNET) are benign, localized lesions that typically cause localization-related epilepsy of childhood onset. Although excellent seizure outcomes are expected following surgical resection of focal, benign lesions, reports in pediatric epilepsy series suggest that this may not be the case with DNETs, which may exhibit complex and often multifocal e...

An increasing number of infantile epilepsy syndromes have been recognized. However, a significant number of infants (children aged 1-24 months) do not fit in any of the currently used subcategories. This article reviews the clinical presentation, electroencephalographic findings, evolution, and management of the following entities: early infantile epileptic encephalopathy, early myoclonic epile...

Correspondence Author: Saeed M. MD King Faisal Specialist Hospital, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Tel +112162919-32772 Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Introduction Benign Rolandic epilepsy (BRE) or benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS) is the most common condition of idiopathic focal epilepsies in children. It is known to be benign because of the absence of ne...

Seizure is an important complication following ischemic or hemorrhagic stroke in older adults. Post-stroke seizure can be classified as early late according to the onset time after stroke. There a 71% risk for further seizures unprovoked poststroke seizure, which referred epilepsy. Common factors developing epilepsy include severity, cortical involvement, and seizure. The use of anti-seizure me...

PURPOSE Epilepsy is the commonest serious neurological condition to affect adolescents. We established a nurse-led clinic for young people with suspected or diagnosed epilepsy. Outcomes in all patients referred during the first 4 years after its inception are reported. METHODS A total of 301 adolescents were seen at the clinic during 1996-1999. Epilepsy was excluded in 135 (45%), including 5 ...

Benign myoclonic epilepsy of infancy is recognized as a generalized and idiopathic epilepsy by the International League Against Epilepsy. Unprovoked and reflex seizures have been reported in these patients. We describe a child diagnosed with benign myoclonic epilepsy of infancy, whose strictly unilateral and localized reflex myoclonias broaden the clinical spectrum of this idiopathic and genera...

By definition, benign epilepsy syndromes occur in patients with no significant prenatal, perinatal, or postnatal complications, normal psychomotor development and negative laboratory and neuroimaging work-up, respond well to therapy, and remit without sequeale. The benign localizationrelated epilepsy syndromes of childhood include benign childhood epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes, Panayiotop...

Medically intractable epilepsy is a clinical condition of concern that arises when a patient with epilepsy suffers seizures, despite a trial of two or more antiepileptic drugs (AEDs) suitable for the type of epilepsy that are prescribed at maximum tolerated doses, does not achieve control of seizures. This diagnosis could be related to cortical dysplasias. We report the case of a 5-year-old gir...

Abstract Purpose To evaluate the correlation between clinical spectrum and therapeutic outcomes neuropsychological deficits in children with status epilepticus during sleep (SES). Methods The of patients SES was defined as follows: benign childhood epilepsy centro-temporal spikes (SEBECTs), atypical focal (ABFEC), non-idiopathic (NIFE), Landau-Kleffner syndrome (LKS). cases were divided into 4 ...

Hypothalamic hamartoma (HH) is a benign indolent lesion despite the presentation of refractory epilepsy. Behavioral disturbances and endocrine problems are additional critical symptoms that arise along with HHs. Due to its nature of generating epileptiform discharge and spreading to cortical region, various management strategies have been proposed and combined. Surgical approaches with open cra...