Patterns: Abnormal Pediatric Flashcards
1
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- Rolandic Spikes, BECTS
- occurs mostly during sleep
- unilateral paresthesia
- type of partial seizure but can be generalized
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Benign Childhood Epilepsy
2
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- 3 Hz spike and wave, staring spells
- generalized
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Absence Seizures
3
Q
- Myoclonic seizures are most common and occur within 1-2 hours after waking
- triggered by sleep deprivation, stress, flashing lights
- 8-10 years old
- generalized seizures
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JME
4
Q
- complex partial seizures are most common
- caused by genetics
- 2-8 years old
- affects Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas
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Landau-Kleffner Syndrome
5
Q
- sudden flexion and tonic-fashion on the body, arms, and legs followed by a relaxation to the upright position
- onset is 4-11 months up to 2 years
- typically seen after waking
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West Syndrome
6
Q
- multiple seizure types associated
- severe
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Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
7
Q
- congenital neurological skin disorder
- onset is infancy
- caused by gene mutation
- causes partial motor seizures
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Sturge- Weber Syndrome
8
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EEG characteristics of Benign Childhood Epilepsy
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- spikes traveling along the Rolandic Fissure (central sulcus)
- maximal at central and mid-temporal
9
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EEG characteristics of Absence Seizures
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- 3 per second spike and wave
- Generalized
- frontal maximum
- normal before and after seizure
10
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EEG characteristics of JME
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- generalized multiple spike and wave
- normal background
11
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EEG characteristics of Landau-Kleffner Syndrome
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- multifocal spikes and spike and wave
12
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EEG characteristics of West Syndrome
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- Hypsarrhythmia
13
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EEG characteristics of Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
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- Slow background
- slow spike and wave (1.5-2.5 Hz)
14
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EEG characteristics of Sturge- Weber Syndrome
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- focal rhythmic epileptiform discharges occur during partial seizures
- for generalized seizures or infantile spasms, the ictal EEG associated with said seizure types may be seen
