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Caso electroencefalográfico: epilepsia de ausências da infância
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Introduction: Typical absence seizures are quite common
in chidhood, in most cases fitting the criteria for childhood absence
epilepsy. Differential diagnosis is mainly with inattention and focal
hypomotor seizures. Response to adequate antiepileptic drug
therapy is usually very good.
Case report: We report a classical case of a school-age
girl with many episodes per day of staring and eye rolling with
a duration of some seconds. Hyperventilation during her first
appointment elicited short-duration absences with slight eye
blinking. The ictal video-EEG confirmed the diagnosis, showing
generalized synchronous bursts of 3 Hz spike-wave discharges
with a medium duration of eight seconds. The response to therapy
with valproic acid was dramatic, and medication was withdrawn
at the age of eleven with no recurrence of seizures.
Conclusion: The most frequent epileptic syndrome with
typical absences is childhood absence epilepsy. When inclusion
and exclusion criteria are taken in consideration, we can expect a
good prognosis, with remission by prepubertal age.
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Absence epilepsy childhood prognosis
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Nascer e Crescer 2012; 21(3): 147-150