A Case of Atypical Benign Partial Childhood Epilepsy.
- Author:
Hae Jung PARK
1
;
In Joon SEOL
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hanyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Atypical benign partial epilepsy
- MeSH:
Carbamazepine;
Child;
Electroencephalography;
Epilepsy*;
Fingers;
Humans;
Leg;
Male;
Phenobarbital;
Seizures;
Valproic Acid;
Vigabatrin
- From:Journal of the Korean Pediatric Society
2001;44(2):211-215
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
We report a case of atypical benign partial childhood epilepsy in a 11 years old male child whose case has been followed up for 6 years. His first symptom was focal seizure of the left side of his face during a drowsy state, followed by focal seizures of left fingers and legs. At that time he had been on phenobarbital for a year without any response clinically and electroencephalographically, so he was transferred to our hospital. The EEG, which was taken at his first visit, showed continuous generalized spike-wave pattern with high amplitude through the whole record during waking, drowsy and sleeping states. The clinical and EEG findings showed no improvement for the first 2 years even though he was on combination therapy with some drugs such as carbamazepine, valproate and vigabatrin. However, he began to show some improvement after 3 years(at 8 years of age) and no seizure has been observed for the last 2 years. Also an EEG, taken 6 years after onset, showed marked improvement.
