| A Case of Atypical Benign Partial Childhood Epilepsy |
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Hae Jung Park, In Joon Seol |
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Department of Pediatrics, College of Medicine, Hanyang University Hospital, Seoul, Korea |
| 소아기의 비전형적 양성 부분간질 1례 |
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박해정, 설인준 |
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한양대학교 의과대학 소아과학교실 |
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| Abstract |
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We report a case of atypical benign partial childhood epilepsy in a 11 years old male child whose case has been followed up for 6 years. His first symptom was focal seizure of the left side of his face during a drowsy state, followed by focal seizures of left fingers and legs. At that time he had been on phenobarbital for a year without any response clinically and electroencephalographically, so he was transferred to our hospital. The EEG, which was taken at his first visit, showed continuous generalized spike-wave pattern with high amplitude through the whole record during waking, drowsy and sleeping states. The clinical and EEG findings showed no improvement for the first 2 years even though he was on combination therapy with some drugs such as carbamazepine, valproate and vigabatrin. However, he began to show some improvement after 3 years(at 8 years of age) and no seizure has been observed for the last 2 years. Also an EEG, taken 6 years after onset, showed marked improvement. |
| Key Words:
Atypical benign partial epilepsy |
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