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ASO Author Reflections: Rethinking Tumor Regression Grade as a Prognostic Marker in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma: The Importance of Treatment Context
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Infantile convulsions in association with mild gastroenteritis: an emerging clinical condition.
No full textInfantile convulsions with mild gastroenteritis: a retrospective study of 25 patients
Rasmussen’s syndrome: longitudinal EEG study from the first seizure to epilepsia partialis continua.
No full textPurpose: The aim of our work was to describe the
initial electroencephalographic characteristics of Rasmussen’s
syndrome (RS).
Methods: We performed repeated EEG recordings in an 11-
year 5-month-old girl affected by RS, as demonstrated through
the progressive evolution of the illness. All EEGs were carried
out in polygraphy and videorecordered, both in waking and in
sleep.
Results: In our opinion, our patient’s EEG picture is absolutely
unusual in childhood partial epilepsy form without any
In 1958, Rasmussen et al. (1) described a particular
clinical picture characterized by association of chronic
encephalitis with intractable partial epilepsy. They presented
the cases of three patients with progressive intellectual
deterioration and hemiparesis associated with epilepsy.
Since then, many cases of Rasmussen’s syndrome
(RS) have been described with particular reference to its
clinical, neuroradiologic, neuropathologic, and therapeutic
aspects (2-6). Paradoxically, little attention has been
paid to EEG findings, which are just mentioned in articles
and rarely illustrated by images (7,8). In particular
we were unable to find any initial-stage EEG description.
Here we present an RS case with a longitudinal EEG
study from the first seizure to the appearance of epilepsia
partialis continua (EPC).
CASE STUDY
Our patient was in good health until age 11 years and
5 months, when she had a 15-min seizure characterized
by staring, right arm paresthesias, and speech impairment.
There was no evidence of postictal deficit. Neu-
Accepted October 30, 1996.
Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. G. Capovilla at
Department of Neuropediatrics, Ospedale Civile di Mantova, Mantova,
Italy.
neuroradiologic perturbation. Delta focal activity persistence in
such a clinical context should be considered an RS sign, among
the possible causes.
Conclusioits: We are‘not aware of any early-stage RS EEG
description. We think that the initial RS EEG picture is so
unusual as to suggest such pathology. We hope that analogous
reports can confirm our belief
Infantile convulsions in association with mild gastroenteritis: an emerging clinical condition.
No full textInfantile convulsions in association with mild gastroenteritis: an emerging clinical condition
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Reply to the article "Management of status epilepticus in adults. Position paper of the Italian League against Epilepsy"
Full text linkWe would like to comment on the review article entitled “Manage- ment of status epilepticus in adults. Position paper of the Italian League against Epilepsy” [1]. This article updates the previous article published by the same Italian League against Epilepsy in 2006. In particular, the updating regards some drugs (levetiracetam, lacosamide, midazolam, etc.) that were not available at that time, even if some of these have not yet obtained the specific indication to treat status epilepticus (SE) and their use is considered off-label
Reply to the reply of the authors of the review article entitled "Management of status epilepticus in adults. Position paper of the Italian League against Epilepsy"
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