Epilepsy with continuous spikes and wave during slow sleep: A case report
This report presents a 5.5-year-old girl who presented with multiple types of seizure disorder along with behavioral change, cognitive deterioration, and language impairment. Electroencephalography showed nearly continuous spike-wave during slow wave sleep. Both clinical and electrographic findings...
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th-mahidol.168832018-06-21T15:24:43Z Epilepsy with continuous spikes and wave during slow sleep: A case report Surachai Likasitwattanakul Mahidol University Medicine This report presents a 5.5-year-old girl who presented with multiple types of seizure disorder along with behavioral change, cognitive deterioration, and language impairment. Electroencephalography showed nearly continuous spike-wave during slow wave sleep. Both clinical and electrographic findings were consistent with epilepsy with continuous spikes and wave during slow sleep (CSWS). Although the seizures were well controlled with conventional antiepileptic drugs, improvement of behavioral, cognitive, and language functions was observed only after adding corticosteroid as an adjunctive treatment. Corticosteriod may have a role in treatment in children with CSWS. 2018-06-21T08:24:43Z 2018-06-21T08:24:43Z 2005-08-01 Article Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand. Vol.88, No.SUPPL. 8 (2005) 01252208 01252208 2-s2.0-31744442319 https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/16883 Mahidol University SCOPUS https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=31744442319&origin=inward |
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This report presents a 5.5-year-old girl who presented with multiple types of seizure disorder along with behavioral change, cognitive deterioration, and language impairment. Electroencephalography showed nearly continuous spike-wave during slow wave sleep. Both clinical and electrographic findings were consistent with epilepsy with continuous spikes and wave during slow sleep (CSWS). Although the seizures were well controlled with conventional antiepileptic drugs, improvement of behavioral, cognitive, and language functions was observed only after adding corticosteroid as an adjunctive treatment. Corticosteriod may have a role in treatment in children with CSWS. |
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