[Ictal electroencephalographic subclinical pattern in a case of benign partial epilepsy with centrotemporal spikes].
There are few reports of the ictal pattern of benign partial epilepsy with centrotemporal Spikes (BECTS) in the literature. This paper describes the case of a 7-year-old boy without significant perinatal history or psychomotor development delay. There was positive family history of seizures. Magnetic resonance imaging scans of the head was normal. The patient had a nocturnal isolated seizure, followed by a postictal motor deficit at the left arm. The EEG two days after the seizure showed a normal background activity with spikes in the centrotemporal bilateral area, and two subclinicals rhythmic discharges of spike and wave, with a duration of more than 50 seconds in the right centrotemporal area. This pattern of rhythmic discharge wasn not described in BECTS before.
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Daniela Oliveira
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Setor de Neurofisiologia Clínica, Rede Sarah de Hospitais de Reabilitação, Salvador BA, Brasil. danielaandrade@sarah.br
D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography; D019305:Epilepsy, Rolandic / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male
D000927:Anticonvulsants; C476610:oxcarbamazepine; D002220:Carbamazepine