Infantile status epilepticus as a complication of 'near-miss' sudden infant death.
Among 13 infants with apparently cryptogenic status epilepticus occurring between two and four months of age, two shared several features of 'poliodystrophy' encephalopathy. For the other 11, an anoxic-ischaemic event was suggested by the history, the seizure and EEG characteristics, and clinical and CT-scan evolution. The possible relationship with 'near-miss' sudden infant death is discussed.
D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000150:complications; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D013398:Sudden Infant Death / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed