Seizures Flashcards
What EEG finding is most often associated with lennox gastaut syndrome?
1-2 hz spike and wave complexes
“slow spike and wave
What interictal EEG finding is most often associated with complex partial seizure?
temporal lobe sharp waves, especially from the anterior temporal area
What EEG findings are most often associated with postnatal early infantile epileptic encephalopathy (EIEE) or neonatal myoclonic encephalopathy?
Burt suppression
What EEG finding is most often associated with neonatal seizures due to interventricular hemorrhage, leukomalacia, infarcts.
Positive central or temporal sharp waves
What EEG finding is most often associated with childhood absence epilepsy?
generalized 3 hz spike and wave
What is the duration of a spike?
<70 msec
What is the duration of a sharp wave?
70-200 msec
Infantile spasm onset
3mo-1year (hypsarrythmia)
Lennox-gastaut
18mo-16 years old “slow” spike and wave
Benign Rolandic Epilepsy
5-10 years old focal spikes centro temporal -sleep activated
Landau-kleffner
3-9 ESES
Landau-kleffner syndrome (clinical sign)
Aphasia
What EEG finding is most often associated with benign occipital epilepsy?
Occipital sharp waves
What EEG finding is most often associated with versive or sensory seizures?
Parietal sharp waves
What EEG finding is most often associated with benign rolandic epilepsy?
Central & temporal sharp waves that often have oppositve polarity; a dipole is present
