Non-epileptic paroxysmal events during sleep: Differentiation from epileptic seizures.
10.3345/kjp.2007.50.8.726
- Author:
In Kyu LEE
1
Author Information
1. Department of Pediatrics, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, Korea. inkyuyi@chol.com
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
Childhood parasomnias;
Frontal lobe seizures;
Arousal disorders;
Sleep terror;
Somambulism;
Sleep;
Nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy;
Childhood epilepsy;
Differential diagnosis
- MeSH:
Diagnosis, Differential;
Epilepsy*;
Frontal Lobe;
Night Terrors;
Parasomnias;
Seizures
- From:Korean Journal of Pediatrics
2007;50(8):726-731
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
This review describes the wide spectrum of paroxysmal events during sleep in infancy and childhood. The differential diagnosis between sleep-related non-epileptic paroxysmal events and epileptic seizures is difficult in special occasions. The nocturnal frontal lobe seizure and of the more common non- epileptic paroxysmal events during sleep are described. The main differentiating features characterizing parasomnias are: onset in early childhood, rare episodes of long duration, relatively lower frequency per night, absence of stereotypy, gradual disappearance of older age. Video-polysomnography is the gold standard to diagnosing and differentiating parasomnias from nocturnal frontal lobe seizures.
