Self-induction of epileptic seizures: Incidence, clinical features and treatment

1981 ◽  
Vol 52 (3) ◽  
pp. 8-9
2009 ◽  
Vol 30 (4) ◽  
pp. 319-323 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alberto Verrotti ◽  
Sergio Agostinelli ◽  
Angelika Mohn ◽  
Rossella Manco ◽  
Giangennaro Coppola ◽  
...  

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1993 ◽  
Vol 91 (4) ◽  
pp. 836-838
Author(s):  
DONALD W. LEWIS ◽  
L. MATTHEW FRANK

Pediatricians are commonly consulted to evaluate children following their first, apparently unprovoked, convulsion. Keenly aware of the old adage that "all that shakes isn't epilepsy," we are ever mindful of the common mimickers of epileptic seizures that include breath-holding spells, benign paroxysmal vertigo, hyperventilation syndromes, narcolepsy-cataplexy, night terrors, and syncopal events. We present the clinical features of 15 children referred for evaluation of witnessed convulsions at home with similar histories of seizures precipitated by hair grooming and accompanied by presyncopal symptoms. METHODS The records of children referred to our neurology clinics from 1982 to 1992 for evaluation of seizures in temporal relationship to hair grooming were retrospectively reviewed.


2018 ◽  
pp. 20-22
Author(s):  
Sh. B. Gafurov

Verify material of 125 patients with brain tumors and associated convulsions assessed the frequency and characteristics of existing epileptic seizures. It is found that convulsions complicate the disease more often in tumors of low-grade and left hemisphere localization. Simple partial paroxysms more characterize to right-hemisphere, and the complex – to left-hemispheric localization. The clinic of brain tumor begins with a convulsion often in surface localization process.


1979 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 78-99
Author(s):  
Samuel Livingston ◽  
Lydia L Pauli ◽  
Irving Pruce ◽  
Anna Maria Zobniw

2018 ◽  
Vol 07 (03) ◽  
pp. 106-110
Author(s):  
Asim Shahid ◽  
Rajkumar Agarwal

AbstractThe occurrence of psychogenic seizures in a proportion of children with epilepsy has been well described. The diagnosis of simultaneous existence of nonepileptic and epileptic seizures is often challenging as the clinical features of these conditions may overlap. However, they differ significantly in terms of the underlying pathophysiology as well as management strategies. Timely recognition can prevent harmful treatments and potentially improve patient outcome. In this article, we focus on the epidemiology, clinical features as well as management of psychogenic seizures in children with epilepsy.


2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1S) ◽  
pp. 66-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
I. O. Shchederkina ◽  
K. A. Orlova ◽  
I. E. Koltunov ◽  
E. M. Orlova ◽  
D. Yu. Korneev ◽  
...  

Epileptic seizures require differential diagnosis with other paroxysmal conditions, including metabolic seizures. A variety of electrolyte changes can result in central nervous system dysfunction, including that as convulsive seizures. The paper describes electrolyte disorders leading to seizures, as well as their clinical features. It separately presents the  syndromes accompanied by hypocalcemia, in which there may be  convulsive paroxysms. The paper describes three clinical cases of  hypocalcemic seizures. It gives recommendations for the diagnosis and  management of patients with suspected metabolic seizures.


Seizure ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 83-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Baker ◽  
Tina Libretto ◽  
William Henley ◽  
Adam Zeman

Author(s):  
Federica Sullo ◽  
Valeria Venti ◽  
Roberta Catania ◽  
Pierluigi Smilari ◽  
Filippo Greco ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pingli Zhang ◽  
Di Cui ◽  
Peiyuan Liao ◽  
Xiang Yuan ◽  
Nuan Yang ◽  
...  

The mental retardation-55 with seizures (MRD55) is a rare genetic disease characterized by developmental delay, intellectual disability, language delay and multiple types of epileptic seizures. It is caused by pathogenic variants of the NUS1 gene, which encodes Nogo-B receptor (NgBR), a necessary subunit for the glycosylation reactions in mammals. To date, 25 disease-causing mutations of NUS1 have been reported, which are responsible for various diseases, including dystonia, Parkinson's disease, developmental and epileptic encephalopathy as well as congenital disorder of glycosylation. In addition, only 9 of these mutations were reported with detailed clinical features. There are no reports about Chinese cases with MRD55. In this study, a novel, de novo pathogenic variant of NUS1 (c.51_54delTCTG, p.L18Tfs*31) was identified in a Chinese patient with intellectual disability and epileptic seizures. This pathogenic variant resulted in truncated NgBR proteins, which might be the cause of the clinical features of the patient. Oxcarbazepine was an effective treatment for improving speech and movement of the patient, who consequently presented with no seizure. With this novel pathogenic variant found in NUS1, we expand the genotype spectrum of MRD55 and provide valuable insights into the potential genotype-phenotype correlation.


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