An aggressive seizure and behavioural disorder following trivial head injury.
We report on a normal 6-year-old boy in whom a trivial head injury triggered a severe seizure, behavioural and cognitive disorder. Complete recovery occurred within 6 months. An aetiology such as trivial head injury is significant for prognosis as the outcome is invariably excellent.
Parker
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Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsies, Guy's and St. Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.
Agathonikou
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Panayiotopoulos
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D002648:Child; D002653:Child Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000187:drug effects; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D004834:Epilepsy, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D016489:Head Injuries, Closed / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D017286:Polysomnography