Epilepsy Flashcards
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What is the usual EEG finding of primary generalized epilepsies?
2.5-4 Hz bifrontally predominant spikes or polyspike-and-slow-wave dischargesthat arise without underlying sturcutral abnormalities
Identify the localization:
1. Masticatory, salivation, speech arrest
2. Head and eye turning associated with arm movement or athetoid-dystonic postures
3. Vertiginous aura
4 Olfactory aura
5 Gustatory aura (salivation or thirst sensation)
6 Visceral or autonomic aura
7 Formed hallucinations
8 Vertiginous
9 Auditory
- Amygdaloid nuclei, opercular
- Supplementary motor cortex
- Superoposterior temporal region
- Mesial temporal, parahippocampal convolution/ uncus
- Insula
6 Insular orbital frontal cortex (temporal usually)
7 Temporal neocortex or amygdaloid hippocampal complex
8 Superoposterior temporal region
9 Superior temporal convultion, Heschl gyrus
T or F Primarily generalized epilepsies usually are underlied by a genetic component while secondary generalized tonic clonic seizures generally do not have such genetic component
T
What part of the tongue is bitten in an epileptic fit? how about in a pseudoseizure?
Lateral margin of the tongue
Tip of the tongue
T or F Seizures occurring on awakening are usually focal in nature while those occurring during sleep are usually generalized
F
What is the typical EEG of absence?
3 per second spike and wave pattern
What percentage of absence seizures are completely motionless?
10%
T or F 1/3 of children with absence attacks will, in addition, display symmetrical or asymmetrical myoclonic jerks without LOC while 1/2 will at some time have GTCs
T
Lennox Gestaut syndrom is often preceded by?
infantile spasms (hypsarrhythmia)
What composes west syndrome?
- Infantile spasms
- Hypsarrhythmia
- Arrest in mental development
What is the most common form of idiopathic generalized epilepsy?
JME
What is the EEG pattern of JME?
4-6 Hz polyspike activity on EEG
If a young female has JME what drug should be given?
VA is the most effective but owing to its terarogenicity, levetiraceteam or lamotrigine may be more appropriate
What gene and protein responsible for
- Dravet syndrome (severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy)
- Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
- Tuberous sclerosis, generalized epilepsy
- Angelman syndrome, myoclonic, tonic clonic, atonic
- Lafora body disease with PME (progressive myoclonic epilepsy
- Unverricht-Lundborg disease with PME
- Familial generalized seizures with febrile seizures
- Dravet SCN1A, sodium channel alpha subunit
- GABRA1 (CACNB4), GABA A receptor subunit
- TSC1, 2– hamartin tuberin
- Angelman: UBE3A, Ubiquitin-protein ligase
- Lafora– EPM2A: Laforin, protein tyrosine phosphatase
- ULD: EPM1– Cystatin B
- SCN1 A,B– sodium channel subunits/ GABA receptor
Describe a Jacksonian seizure?
Where does contraversive turning of head and eyes originate?
Where does the fencing posture with associated choreoathetotic and dystonic postures?
Turning movement of the head and eyes to the side opposite the irritative focus often associated with a tonic extension of limbs on the side contralateral to the affected hemisphere
Superolateral frontal region Area 8 just anterior to Area 6
High medial frontal lesions (Area 8 and supplementary motor cortex)
What is the most common color associated with Visual Seizures?
Red
followed by blue green yellow
UP Ateneo DLSU UST
T or F. Nondirected oppositional resistance to restraint may manifest in those with temporal lobe epilepsy.
T.
2.4 % may have outbursts of intense rage
T or F. Post ictal nose wiping is seen in half of temporal lobe epilepsy patients is carried out by the hand contralateral to the lesion
F. IPSILATERAL TO THE SEIZURE FOCUS
What is the triad of behavioral abnormalities in temporal lobe epilepsy?
- Hyposexuality
- Hypergraphia
- Hyperreligiosity
What are risk factors for SUDEP?
- Postictal period immediately after a tonic clonic seizure
- Increasing seizure frequency
- Lack of successful treatment
- Subtherapeutic AED levels
- Early adulthood
- Long standing epilepsy
- Mental retardation
AKA Epilepsy with occipital spikes manifesting as visual hallucinations
Panayiotopoulos syndrome
Salaam or Jacknife seizures are also known as?
Infantile spasms on account of the single or brief episodes of gross flexion movements of the trunk and limbs
What drugs may be given to infantile spasms
- Not associated with tuberous sclerosis
- Associated with TS
- ACTH, Steroids, Clonazepam
2. Vigabatrin
What is the risk of developing unprovoked seizures later in life for patients with
1. Simple febrile seizures
2. Complex febrile seizures with 1 feature
3. Complex febrile seizures with 2 features
3. Complex febrile seizures with 3 features
Features are: Focal, Prolonged, Repeated episodes
- 2.4%
- 8%
- 17%
- 49%