A Case of Atypical Benign Partial Epilepsy of Childhood Cured by Steroid.
- Author:
Ok Joon KIM
1
;
Yun Joong KIM
;
Kyoon HUH
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Yonsei University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Brief Communication
- MeSH:
Anticonvulsants;
Child;
Electroencephalography;
Epilepsies, Partial*;
Epilepsy;
Epilepsy, Absence;
Humans;
Prognosis;
Seizures
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
1995;13(4):1031-1037
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Benign partial epilepsy of childhood is the most common type of epilepsy in school-aged children and is typically well controlled with antiepileptic drug, thus having an excellent prognosis. Recently, we have encountered one case of atypical benign partial epilepsy of childhood with the following atypical clinical and EEG features : predominant atypical absence seizure in addition to partial motor seizure, unusual awake EEG tracings of focal sharp waves in the frontocentrotemporal location, while the sleep tracings showed nearly continuous slow spike and wave activity. The administration of various antiepileptic drugs adversely provoked a drowsy mental state without seizure control. The patient dramatically improved after steroid therapy.
