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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Neonatal epileptic seizures - Demography

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High in preterm infants. Up to 10%.

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Benign familial neonatal seizures - Demography

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Rare.

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Benign neonatal seizures - Demography

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7% of all neonatal seizures

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Early myoclonic encephalopathy - Demography

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Rare. Boys and Girls are equally effective.

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy with suppression burst (Ohtahara syndrome) - Demography

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Rare. Slight male predominance.

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Neonatal epileptic seizures - Age range of onset

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80% occur in the first 1 or 2 days during the first week of life.

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Benign familial neonatal seizures - Age range of onset

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Seizures mainly on the second or third day of life

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Benign neonatal seizures - Age range of onset

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Usually between days four and six. This syndrome is synonym with fifth day fits. Boys are affected slightly more than girls

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Early myoclonic encephalopathy - Age range of onset

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Usually starts in the first days of life; sometimes immediately after birth. Majority starts before 10 days of age.

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy with suppression burst (Ohtahara syndrome) - Age range of onset

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Onset is mainly around the first 10 days of life; sometimes within the uterus or up to three months after birth.

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Neonatal epileptic seizures - Semiology

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Usually subtle; and difficult to recognize from normal behavior patterns. Seizures are brief and repetitive. Frequent autonomic manifestations such as changing heart rate or respiratory rate

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Benign familial neonatal seizures - Semiology

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Occur in otherwise normal neonates. Seizures are brief – 1-2 min; 20-30/day. Usually start with tonic motor activity; posturing and apnea

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Benign neonatal seizures - Semiology

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Repetitive lengthy seizure that constitutes a clonic status epilepticus which occurs in a otherwise normal full-term neonate. The median time is about 20 hours. Tonic seizures are incompatible with this syndrome

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Early myoclonic encephalopathy - Semiology

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Triad of intractable seizures: myoclonus; followed by simple focal seizures; followed later by tonic epileptic spasms. Erratic (shifting from one part of the body to another in the random fashion) myoclonus that are nearly continuous and may affect a finger; corner of the mouth; toe; etc.

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy with suppression burst (Ohtahara syndrome) - Semiology

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Electrical clinical manifestations of tonic spasms and burst suppression patterns during sleep and waking states. Tonic seizures are brief and occur in clusters that can repeat several times a day. Some patients may have focal motor clonic seizures. Myoclonic seizures are rare.

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Neonatal epileptic seizures - Etiology

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Several possibilities. Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy accounts for 80% of cases

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Benign familial neonatal seizures - Etiology

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Autosomal dominant channelopathy with high degree of penetrance. Mutations in the voltage gated potassium channel subunit genes KCNQ2 or KCNQ3. Both form a potassium channel that determines the M – current. Note – mutations in the sodium channel SCN2A are specific to benign familial neonatal – infantile seizures

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Benign neonatal seizures - Etiology

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Unknown. Zinc deficiency has been postulated

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Early myoclonic encephalopathy - Etiology

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Multi-factorial disease. Inborn errors of metabolism are the most common causes: non-ketotic hyperglycinemia; propionic aciduria; methylmalonic acidemia; glyceric acidemia; xanthine oxidase deficiency; menkes dz; Zellweger sd.; molybdenium cofactor deficiency.

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy with suppression burst (Ohtahara syndrome) - Etiology

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Malformations of cortical development. Examples are hemimegalencephaly; focal dysplasias; Aicardi syndrome; agenesis of mammillary bodies; olivary dentate dysplasia. There are no familial cases. This syndrome is likely to be the earliest age-related specific epileptic reaction of the developing brain to heterogeneous insults

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Neonatal epileptic seizures - Genetic testing or metabolic screening

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None

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Benign familial neonatal seizures - Genetic testing or metabolic screening

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Can be performed; but expensive and not routinely available

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Benign neonatal seizures - Genetic testing or metabolic screening

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Early myoclonic encephalopathy - Genetic testing or metabolic screening

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Thorough metabolic screening is mandatory; including serum levels of amino and organic acids and amino acids in the CSF

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy with suppression burst (Ohtahara syndrome) - Genetic testing or metabolic screening

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Metabolic screening is mandatory imaging is normal.

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Neonatal epileptic seizures - Imaging

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Benign familial neonatal seizures - Imaging

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Benign neonatal seizures - Imaging

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Early myoclonic encephalopathy - Imaging

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Normal at onset; with brain atrophy as the disease progresses.

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy with suppression burst (Ohtahara syndrome) - Imaging

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Usually shows severe abnormalities.

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Neonatal epileptic seizures - Interictal EEG

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Spikes are not reliable at this age. Other patterns such as burst suppression; hemispheric asymmetry; or theta – pointu alternans are more helpful

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Benign familial neonatal seizures - Interictal EEG

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Normal or with discontinuity and multifocal abnormalities; including theta-pointu alternans

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Benign neonatal seizures - Interictal EEG

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Normal or with discontinuity and multifocal abnormalities; including theta-pointu alternans

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Early myoclonic encephalopathy - Interictal EEG

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Repetitive burst suppression pattern without physiological rhythms. The bursts are short and the suppression is long. Later; a hypsarhythmic pattern may appear; but it is replaced again by burst suppression.

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy with suppression burst (Ohtahara syndrome) - Interictal EEG

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Burst suppression pattern with long bursts (with high amplitude slow waves mixed with spikes) and short suppressions.

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Neonatal epileptic seizures - Ictal EEG

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Repetitive patterns (multiple frequencies). Usually associated with tonic; clonic or subtle seizures. More commonly on Central temporal; central and occipital regions. Only 21% are associated with clinical manifestations (electro clinical dissociation)

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Benign familial neonatal seizures - Ictal EEG

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Synchronous and bilateral flattening coinciding with clinical symptoms followed by asymmetrical discharges off epileptiform patterns

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Benign neonatal seizures - Ictal EEG

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Rhythmic spikes or slow waves mainly in the rolandic regions (but may also occur elsewhere)

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Early myoclonic encephalopathy - Ictal EEG

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The myoclonia do not have an ictal EEG expression and may follow bursts

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy with suppression burst (Ohtahara syndrome) - Ictal EEG

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The tonic spasms are concomitant with the burst phase. The ictal pattern may also occur as a diffuse desynchronization or with a more frequent burst suppression pattern. Hypssarhythmia emerges after 3-6 months; later progressing to the slow spike wave pattern. Tonic seizures during the awake and sleep stages in the early days or weeks of life are almost pathognomonic of Ohtahara syndrome.

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Neonatal epileptic seizures - Differential diagnosis

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As a rule; any suspicious behavior should be investigated by video EEG.

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Benign familial neonatal seizures - Differential diagnosis

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A family history of similar seizures is a prerequisite for the diagnosis

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Benign neonatal seizures - Differential diagnosis

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This diagnosis can be made only after other causes of neonatal seizures have been excluded

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Early myoclonic encephalopathy - Differential diagnosis

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Ohtahara syndrome

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy with suppression burst (Ohtahara syndrome) - Differential diagnosis

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Early myoclonic encephalopathy

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Neonatal epileptic seizures - Prognosis

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Depends on the underlying cause.

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Benign familial neonatal seizures - Prognosis

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Seizures usually remit in the first six weeks to six months. 10 to 14% may later develop other types of seizures. Normal psychomotor development.

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Benign neonatal seizures - Prognosis

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Normal development and no recurrence of seizures

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Early myoclonic encephalopathy - Prognosis

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Psychomotor developmental abnormalities may occur at the onset of seizures or deteriorate rapidly afterwards. There is hypotonia and hypertonia; deconjugate eye movements and decerebrate posturing with pyramidal signs. Usually patients aren’t able to follow objects with their eyes. Dreadful prognosis; with more than half of the patients dying within weeks or months of onset.

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy with suppression burst (Ohtahara syndrome) - Prognosis

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Devastating syndrome with high mortality and mobility.

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Neonatal epileptic seizures - Management

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Treatment of the underlying cause. Pharmacological treatment is controversial among specialists. Phenobarbita and phenytoin are the most commonly used drugs.

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Benign familial neonatal seizures - Management

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There is no consensus. The use of AED does not influence outcome

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Benign neonatal seizures - Management

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Convulsions remit spontaneously without medication

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Early myoclonic encephalopathy - Management

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There is no effective treatment. ACTH or antiepileptic drugs are of no benefit. A trial with pyridoxine is justifiable

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Neonatal Epileptic Syndromes

Early infantile epileptic encephalopathy with suppression burst (Ohtahara syndrome) - Management

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There is no effective treatment. ACTH or antiepileptic drugs are of no benefit.

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