Mesial temporal sclerosis in children.
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
; 65(4A): 947-50, 2007 Dec.
Article
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-18094851
ABSTRACT
UNLABELLED Mesial temporal sclerosis is the most frequent cause of drug-resistant temporal lobe epilepsy but has a satisfactory response to surgery, and is considered infrequent in children. OBJECTIVE:
To evaluate the clinical, electrographic and radiological spectrum of the disease in children.METHOD:
Retrospective study by review of charts of 44 children with a diagnosis of mesial temporal sclerosis on magnetic resonance imaging, attended at the "Hospital das Clínicas" of the University of São Paulo Faculty of Medicine.RESULTS:
Febrile seizure was identified in the history of 54% of the patients. Injuries at the left side predominated in patients with schooling difficulties (p=0.049), in those with first seizures between six months and five years (p=0.021) and in those with complex febrile seizure (p=0.032). Thirteen patients were submitted to surgery and of these, eight remained without seizures.CONCLUSION:
Febrile seizure may be related in a more direct way to the presence of left-side mesial temporal sclerosis.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Lobo Temporal
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Convulsões Febris
Tipo de estudo:
Observational_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Adolescent
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Child
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Child, preschool
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Arq Neuropsiquiatr
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Brasil