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The Epilepsies
Seizures, Syndromes and Management
C P
Panayiotopoulos
Bladon Medical Publishing
1-904218-34-2
2005
© 2005
Bladon Medical Publishing
, Part of
Springer Science+Business Media
Table of Contents
Preface
1 Clinical Aspects of the Diagnosis of Epileptic Seizures and Epileptic Syndromes
Differential Diagnosis of Paroxysmal Events: Epileptic and Nonepileptic Seizures
Epileptic Seizures and Their Classification
Epileptic Syndromes and Their Classification
References
2 Optimal Use of the EEG in the Diagnosis and Management of Epilepsies
The Value of Routine Inter-Ictal or Ictal Extracranial EEG in Epilepsies Should Neither Be Overrated nor Undervalued
Sources of Error in EEG
Activating Procedures
The EEG Recording Should Be Tailored to the Specific Circumstances of the Individual Patient
The Role of EEG Technologists
Digital EEG
Video–EEG Recording Should Be Made Routine Practice
An EEG Report Should Be Helpful and Committed: It Should Not Be an Abbreviated Factual Report
The Significance of the EEG after the First Afebrile Seizure
References
3 Brain Imaging in the Diagnosis and Management of Epilepsies
Recommendations for Neuroimaging of Patients with Epilepsy
Functional Neuroimaging in Clinical Practice
Magnetoencephalography
References
4 Principles of Therapy in Epilepsies
Principles of Antiepileptic Drug Treatment in Epilepsies
Surgery for Epilepsies
Stimulation Techniques
References
5 Neonatal Seizures and Neonatal Syndromes
Neonatal Seizures
Neonatal Syndromes
Benign Familial Neonatal Seizures
Benign Neonatal Seizures (Non-Familial)
Early Myoclonic Encephalopathy
Ohtahara Syndrome
Non-Epileptic Movement Disorders in Neonates and Infants Imitating Seizures
Benign Neonatal Sleep Myoclonus
Benign Non-Epileptic Myoclonus of Early Infancy
Hyperekplexia
References
6 Idiopathic Epileptic Seizures and Syndromes in Infancy
Conditions with Epileptic Seizures That Do Not Require a Diagnosis of Epilepsy
Idiopathic Epileptic Syndromes
Febrile Seizures
Benign Infantile Seizures (Familial and Non-Familial) (Watanabe–vigevano Syndrome)
Other Hereditary Syndromes with Benign Infantile Seizures
Generalised Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures plus (Autosomal Dominant Epilepsy with Febrile Seizures plus)
Benign Myoclonic Epilepsy in Infancy
References
7 Epileptic Encephalopathies in Infancy and Early Childhood in Which the Epileptiform Abnormalities May Contribute to Progressive Dysfunction
West Syndrome
Dravet Syndrome (Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy in Infancy)
Lennox–Gastaut Syndrome
Landau–Kleffner Syndrome (Acquired Epileptic Aphasia)
Epilepsy with Continuous Spike-and -Waves during Slow-Wave Sleep (Epileptic Encephalopathy with Electrical Status Epilepticus during Slow-Wave Sleep)
Myoclonic Status in Non-Progressive Encephalopathies
Atypical Benign Partial Epilepsy of Childhood
Hypothalamic (Gelastic) Epilepsy
References
8 Severe Neocortical Epileptic Syndromes in Infancy and Childhood
Kozhevnikov-Rasmussen Syndrome
Hemiconvulsion-Hemiplegia Epilepsy Syndrome
Migrating Focal Seizures of Infancy (Malignant Migrating Partial Seizures in Infancy)
References
9 Benign Childhood Focal Seizures and Related Epileptic Syndromes
Benign Childhood Seizure Susceptibility Syndrome
Benign Childhood Epilepsy with Centrotemporal Spikes (Rolandic Seizures)
Panayiotopoulos Syndrome
Gastaut-Type Idiopathic Childhood Occipital Epilepsy (Idiopathic Childhood Occipital Epilepsy)
Other Phenotypes of Benign Childhood Seizure Susceptibility Syndrome
Management of Benign Childhood Focal Seizures
Unified Concept for the Benign Childhood Focal Seizures (Benign Childhood Seizure Susceptibility Syndrome)
Benign (Isolated) Focal Seizures of Adolescence
References
10 Idiopathic Generalised Epilepsies
Seizures of Idiopathic Generalised Epilepsies
Epileptic Syndromes of Idiopathic Generalised Epilepsies
References
11 Familial (Autosomal Dominant) Focal Epilepsies
Autosomal Dominant Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
Familial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Mesial Familial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Lateral Familial (Autosomal Dominant) Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Familial Focal Epilepsy with Variable Foci
Other Possible Familial (Autosomal Dominant) Focal Epilepsies Not Yet Recognised
References
12 Symptomatic and Probably Symptomatic Focal Epilepsies
:
Topographical Symptomatology and Classification
Limbic Epilepsies
Neocortical Epilepsies (See Pages 207–221)
Temporal Lobe Epilepsies
Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy with Hippocampal Sclerosis (Hippocampal Epilepsy)
Mesial Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Defined by Specific Aetiologies Other than Hippocampal Sclerosis
Lateral Temporal Lobe Epilepsy
Frontal Lobe Epilepsies
Epilepsia Partialis Continua of Kozhevnikov
Parietal Lobe Epilepsies
Occipital Lobe Epilepsies
The Drug Treatment of Focal Epilepsies
Antiepileptic Drugs Effective for Focal Seizures
Monotherapy of Focal Epilepsies
Rational Polytherapy
References
13 Reflex Seizures and Reflex Epilepsies
The Precipitating Stimulus
The Response to the Stimulus
Photosensitive Seizures and Epileptic Syndromes
Idiopathic Photosensitive Occipital Lobe Epilepsy
Jeavons Syndrome
Pattern-Sensitive Epilepsy
Fixation-off Sensitivity
Startle Epilepsy
Complex Reflex Epilepsies
Reading Epilepsy
References
14 Pharmacopoeia of Prophylactic Antiepileptic Drugs
Acetazolamide
Carbamazepine
Clobazam
Clonazepam
Ethosuximide
Felbamate
Gabapentin
Lamotrigine
Levetiracetam
Oxcarbazepine
Phenobarbitone
Phenytoin
Pregabalin
Sulthiame
Tiagabine
Topiramate
Valproate
Vigabatrin
Zonisamide
References
Abbreviations
Copyright © 2005
Bladon Medical Publishing
, Part of
Springer Science+Business Media
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