Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and idiopathic intracranial hypertension.
Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome is a severe childhood epilepsy syndrome characterised by the diagnostic triad of a slow spike and wave pattern on electroencephalogram, multiple seizure types and developmental delay. Idiopathic intracranial hypertension is a syndrome characterised by raised cerebrospinal fluid pressure in the absence of an intracranial mass lesion or ventricular dilatation and often headache. We present the first reported case of Lennox-Gastaut Syndrome associated with symptomatic idiopathic intracranial hypertension in a 15 year old male, requiring cerebrospinal fluid diversion by means of ventriculoperitoneal shunting.
Correia
Jason A
JA
Department of Paediatric Neurosurgery, Starship Children's Hospital, Park Road, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand. jason_correia@yahoo.com
Schweder
Patrick M
PM
Mews
Peter J
PJ
Patel
Rakesh
R
Law
Andrew J J
AJ
D000293:Adolescent; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011559:Pseudotumor Cerebri / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D013577:Syndrome; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt