title: [Electroclinical characteristics of seizures in the Aicardi syndrome].
abstract: Electro-clinical patterns of seizures were studied in 7 infants with Aicardi Syndrome. In all 7 cases, partial seizure preceded the appearance of asymetrical spasms. Partial seizures and spasms were recorded by polygraphing tracings of long duration. There was a constant correlation between the EEG localization of partial seizures and the side of asymetrical spasms. In 6 cases, a cluster of spasms followed the partial discharge whereas in the 7th case, the partial discharge appeared in the middle of the cluster. Therefore, both partial seizure and cluster of spasms seem to be part of the same critical manifestation. The authors have recorded the same king of seizures in other malformative syndromes (lissencephaly, Bourneville disease) and compare them to those recorded in Aicardi Syndrome. In Aicardi Syndrome, this type of seizures might be in relation with the association of a corpus callosum agenesy and paraventricular heterotopies.
mesh_terms: D061085:Agenesis of Corpus Callosum; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013036:Spasms, Infantile / Q000175:diagnosis; D013577:Syndrome; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
vernacular_title: Charctères électrocliniques des crises dans le syndrome d'Aicardi.