Complex partial status epilepticus in childhood.
We report 5 pediatric patients (2 male, 3 female; age range: 4-8 years) with complex partial status epilepticus (CPSE). Four patients had previous illnesses and mild motor or mental retardation. In 2 patients, CPSE was induced by inappropriate management or selection of antiepileptic drugs. Clinical features varied and automatisms were observed in 3 patients. In 1 patient, decreased physical tone with syncope and impaired consciousness with amaurosis were observed. The episodes of CPSE were continuous in 3 patients and recurrent in 2 patients. In 4 patients, ictal electroencephalographic (EEG) findings, including video-EEG analyses of 3 patients, demonstrated persistent focal epileptic features. Intravenous diazepam abolished CPSE in 3 patients with brief periods of definite EEG localizations remaining. In 4 patients, seizure prognoses were favorable after appropriate treatments; in 1 patient, seizures were intractable even after antiepileptic drug administration.
Wakai
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S
Department of Pediatrics, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Japan.
Ito
N
N
Sueoka
H
H
Kawamoto
Y
Y
Hayasaka
H
H
Tsutsumi
H
H
Chiba
S
S
D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003975:Diazepam / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000187:drug effects; D017029:Epilepsy, Complex Partial / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000187:drug effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007262:Infusions, Intravenous; D008297:Male; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000187:drug effects; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D003975:Diazepam