17.6.2013(pediatrics)40 Flashcards
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Epilepsy in autism
1/5 to 1/3
Mental retardation in children with autism
75%
Onset of autism
Before age of 3 years
Specific marker for autism
Two or more trophoblastic inclusions
3 essential criteria for diagnosis of autism
Impaired social interaction
Impaired communication
Restricted, repetitive range of interests,behaviours,activities
Seizure disorder with loss of language skills
Landu kleffner syndrome
Age of onset of landu kleffner syndrome
5 1/2 years
Landu kleffner syndrome is common in
Boys
DD for landu kleffner syndrome
Autism
DOC for landu kleffner syndrome
Sodium valproate
CT and MRI in landu kleffner syndrome
Normal
Rx of Lennox gestaut syndrome
Ketogenic diet
Rolandic epilepsy
Benign childhood partial epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes
Age of onset of rolandic epilepsy
9-10yrs
Presentation of rolandic epilepsy
Partial seizures
Motor and sensory symptoms are often confined to face
Prognosis of rolandic epilepsy
Excellent
Spontaneous remission after 14-16yrs
Rx of rolandic epilepsy
Carbamazepine for 2 years
Rasmussen encephalitis
Subacute inflammatory encephalitis
Rasmussen encephalitis presents as
Epilepsia partialis continua
Cause of Rasmussen encephalitis
Autoantibodies that stimulate glutamate receptors
Prognosis of Rasmussen encephalitis
Poor
Progressive Myoclonic epilepsy
Lafora disease
Mental deterioration is characteristic feature of
Lafora disease
Presentation of Lafora disease
Initially GTCS,later Myoclonic jerks