Hemimegalencephaly (HME) is a rare disorder of cortical development with overgrowth of one cerebral hemisphere. Patients have intellectual delay, hemiparesis and severe epilepsy. Drug-resistant epilepsy is often treated with a hemispherectomy. We review the literature on HME natural history and report a 26-year-old man with HME who did not undergo hemispherectomy in childhood with recurrent foc...

Rolandic epilepsy (RE), or benign epilepsy of childhood with centrotemporal spikes (BECT), is the most frequent idiopathic partial epilepsy syndrome of childhood, where the "idiopathic" implies a genetic predisposition. Although RE has long been presumed to have a genetic component, clinical and genetic studies have shown a complex inheritance pattern. Furthermore, the underlying major genetic ...

Benign epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes (BECTS), also known as benign rolandic epilepsy (BRE) of childhood represents 15% of all childhood epilepsies [Handbook of Epilepsy Treatment (2000)]. A majority of these patients do no require treatment; however, in those cases where treatment is justified, the most efficacious medication with a benign safety profile should be selected. We present thr...

background: epilepsy comprised the highest proportion of neurological problem of childhood stage, which observed mostly in the first decade of life. the dramatic effect of having a seizure in the classroom can be very traumatic for any child. the knowledge and attitude of teachers toward epilepsy have a direct impact on the life of students with epilepsy. methods: a cross-sectional descriptive ...

introduction: epilepsy is the most serious and prevalent neural disorder during childhood which its pervalance is increasing. the combination of epilepsy and mental ratardation leads to a considerable challenge and an economic load on the health system. the aim of this cross – sectional study was to identify the prevalence and monitoring of epilepsy among  6 to 21 years old mentally retarded st...

Bathing-related epilepsy (BRE), which is also known as water immersion epilepsy, is a rare, benign, reflex epilepsy. It presents with focal seizures that occur during bathing with hot water and has a favorable prognosis (1). The exact mechanism underlying these seizures is unknown (1). This epilepsy is frequently confused with hot water epilepsy (HWE) and is generally seen during childhood and ...

how to cite this article: shamsaei f, cheraghi f, zamani ghr. comparing mental health of school-age children with and without epilepsy: a case control study. iran j child neurol. summer 2016; 10(3):35-41.   abstract objective mental health problems frequently occur in children with epilepsy but the diagnosis is frequently missed and therapeutic opportunities are often lost. the aim of this stud...

Epilepsy is a common neurological disorder in childhood. It is the most widely seen chronic neurological disease in the terms of childhood and affects both the child himself and the family because of its psychological and social results. Parents of children with epilepsy, like parents of children with many other chronic conditions, are faced with a constant feeling of uncertainty about their ch...

OBJECTIVE Mitochondrial DNA polymerase γ (POLG1) mutations in children often manifest as Alpers syndrome, whereas in adults, a common manifestation is mitochondrial recessive ataxia syndrome (MIRAS) with severe epilepsy. Because some patients with MIRAS have presented with ataxia or epilepsy already in childhood, we searched for POLG1 mutations in neurologic manifestations in childhood. METHO...