Seizures Flashcards
What types of seizures are described as:
- morning myoclonic jerks
- generalized tonic-clonic seizures after awakening/during sleep
- normal intelligence
Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
What is the drug of choice for juvenile myoclonic epilepsy?
Valproate
What type of seizures does hyperventilation provoke?
Absence seizures
What are the medications used for absence seizures?
Lamotrigine
Ethosuxamide
Valproate
What is the most common focal seizure in childhood?
benign rolandic epilepsy of childhood
Which type of seizure shows bilateral centrotemporal spikes?
rolandic epilepsy
What is the treatment of rolandic epilepsy?
Oxcarbazepine
Which diagnosis is associated with hypsarrhythmia on EEG?
Infantile spasms
What are the two likely outcomes of children with infantine spasms following resolution?
Development of seizures and intellectual disability
What syndrome is associated with infantile spasms, ID and hysarrhythmia?
West syndrome
Which syndrome is associated with EEG findings of generalized, bilaterally synchronous, slow spike and wave pattern?
Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome
What is the other name for acquired epileptic aphasia?
Landau-Kleffner Syndrome
What brain lesion is typically found with gelastic seizures?
Hypothalamic hamartoma
