Abstract
Childhood epilepsy with occipital paroxysms is an age-related idiopathic focal epilepsy. Occipital EEG paroxysms are considered necessary for diagnosis. We carried out a dose clinical and EEG follow-up (range, 2-12 years; mean, 6 years 7 months; median, 7 years) in 24 patients (age range, 4-19 years; mean, 11 years 8 months; median, 11 years). In five children with early seizure onset and particularly benign prognosis without any treatment, EEG abnormalities appeared 3-10 months after the first seizure. Four of them exhibited the ictal pattern of versive seizures with vomiting. Our findings confirm that in the early idiopathic focal seizure disorders, interictal EEG abnormalities may be lacking at the beginning of the disorder.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 343-346 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Brain and Development |
| Volume | 19 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jul 1997 |
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Keywords
- Idiopathic partial epilepsy
- Occipital EEG paroxysms
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Clinical Neurology
- Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
- Neurology
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Delayed appearance of interictal EEG abnormalities in early onset childhood epilepsy with occipital paroxysms. / Guerrini, Renzo; Belmonte, Anna; Veggiotti, Pierangelo; Mattia, Donatella; Bonanni, Paolo.
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T1 - Delayed appearance of interictal EEG abnormalities in early onset childhood epilepsy with occipital paroxysms
AU - Guerrini, Renzo
AU - Belmonte, Anna
AU - Veggiotti, Pierangelo
AU - Mattia, Donatella
AU - Bonanni, Paolo
PY - 1997/7
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N2 - Childhood epilepsy with occipital paroxysms is an age-related idiopathic focal epilepsy. Occipital EEG paroxysms are considered necessary for diagnosis. We carried out a dose clinical and EEG follow-up (range, 2-12 years; mean, 6 years 7 months; median, 7 years) in 24 patients (age range, 4-19 years; mean, 11 years 8 months; median, 11 years). In five children with early seizure onset and particularly benign prognosis without any treatment, EEG abnormalities appeared 3-10 months after the first seizure. Four of them exhibited the ictal pattern of versive seizures with vomiting. Our findings confirm that in the early idiopathic focal seizure disorders, interictal EEG abnormalities may be lacking at the beginning of the disorder.
AB - Childhood epilepsy with occipital paroxysms is an age-related idiopathic focal epilepsy. Occipital EEG paroxysms are considered necessary for diagnosis. We carried out a dose clinical and EEG follow-up (range, 2-12 years; mean, 6 years 7 months; median, 7 years) in 24 patients (age range, 4-19 years; mean, 11 years 8 months; median, 11 years). In five children with early seizure onset and particularly benign prognosis without any treatment, EEG abnormalities appeared 3-10 months after the first seizure. Four of them exhibited the ictal pattern of versive seizures with vomiting. Our findings confirm that in the early idiopathic focal seizure disorders, interictal EEG abnormalities may be lacking at the beginning of the disorder.
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