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EEG with frontal sharp waves

MedGen UID:
777014
•Concept ID:
C2206518
•
Finding
HPO: HP:0011294

Definition

EEG with sharp waves in the frontal region, i.e., sharp transient waves of a duration between 80 and 200 msec. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVEEG with frontal sharp waves

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Anti-amphiphysin encephalitis: Expanding the clinical spectrum.
Sun Y, Qin X, Huang D, Zhou Z, Zhang Y, Wang Q
Front Immunol 2023;14:1084883. Epub 2023 Apr 5 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1084883. PMID: 37090693Free PMC Article
Clinical and imaging features of nonmotor onset seizure in poststroke epilepsy.
Fukuma K, Ikeda S, Tanaka T, Kamogawa N, Ishiyama H, Abe S, Tojima M, Kobayashi K, Shimotake A, Nakaoku Y, Nishimura K, Koga M, Toyoda K, Matsumoto R, Ikeda A, Ihara M
Epilepsia 2022 Aug;63(8):2068-2080. Epub 2022 Jun 10 doi: 10.1111/epi.17308. PMID: 35593437
Reversible posterior encephalopathy syndrome in children with nephrotic syndrome.
Zhou J, Zheng H, Zhong X, Wu D, Wang M, Tang X, Li Q
Nephrology (Carlton) 2015 Nov;20(11):849-54. doi: 10.1111/nep.12518. PMID: 26014660
Cognitive and electrophysiological characteristics of children with specific language impairment and subclinical epileptiform electroencephalogram.
Nenadović V, Stokić M, Vuković M, Đoković S, Subotić M
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 2014;36(9):981-91. Epub 2014 Sep 29 doi: 10.1080/13803395.2014.958438. PMID: 25264145
Unusual EEG patterns.
Westmoreland BF, Klass DW
J Clin Neurophysiol 1990 Apr;7(2):209-28. doi: 10.1097/00004691-199004000-00005. PMID: 2187021

Diagnosis

Anti-amphiphysin encephalitis: Expanding the clinical spectrum.
Sun Y, Qin X, Huang D, Zhou Z, Zhang Y, Wang Q
Front Immunol 2023;14:1084883. Epub 2023 Apr 5 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1084883. PMID: 37090693Free PMC Article
The frontal sharp transient in newborns: An endogenous neurobiomarker concomitant to the physiological and critical transitional period around delivery?
Routier L, Mahmoudzadeh M, Panzani M, Saadatmehr B, Gondry J, Bourel-Ponchel E, Moghimi S, Wallois F
Cereb Cortex 2023 Mar 21;33(7):4026-4039. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhac324. PMID: 36066405Free PMC Article
Broad sharp waves-an underrecognized EEG pattern in patients with epileptic seizures.
Bauer G, Bauer R, Dobesberger J, Unterberger I, Ortler M, Ndayisaba JP, Trinka E
J Clin Neurophysiol 2008 Oct;25(5):250-4. doi: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e3181879d31. PMID: 18791472
The EEG findings in extratemporal seizures.
Westmoreland BF
Epilepsia 1998;39 Suppl 4:S1-8. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb05121.x. PMID: 9637588
Epileptiform electroencephalographic patterns.
Westmoreland BF
Mayo Clin Proc 1996 May;71(5):501-11. doi: 10.4065/71.5.501. PMID: 8628033

Therapy

COVID-19-related encephalopathy presenting with aphasia resolving following tocilizumab treatment.
Muccioli L, Pensato U, Cani I, Guerra L, Provini F, Bordin G, Riccioli LA, Lodi R, Tinuper P, Bisulli F
J Neuroimmunol 2020 Dec 15;349:577400. Epub 2020 Sep 24 doi: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2020.577400. PMID: 33032013Free PMC Article
Spectrum of epilepsy and electroencephalogram patterns in idic (15) syndrome.
Battaglia A, Bernardini L, Torrente I, Novelli A, Scarselli G
Am J Med Genet A 2016 Oct;170(10):2531-9. Epub 2016 Aug 11 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.37844. PMID: 27513709
Reversible posterior encephalopathy syndrome in children with nephrotic syndrome.
Zhou J, Zheng H, Zhong X, Wu D, Wang M, Tang X, Li Q
Nephrology (Carlton) 2015 Nov;20(11):849-54. doi: 10.1111/nep.12518. PMID: 26014660
γ-Hydroxybutyric acid-induced electrographic seizures.
Cheung J, Lucey BP, Duntley SP, Darken RS
J Clin Sleep Med 2014 Jul 15;10(7):811-2. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.3882. PMID: 25024661Free PMC Article
Effect of sedative and hypnotic doses of propofol on the EEG activity of patients with or without a history of seizure disorders.
Wang B, Bai Q, Jiao X, Wang E, White PF
J Neurosurg Anesthesiol 1997 Oct;9(4):335-40. doi: 10.1097/00008506-199710000-00008. PMID: 9339406

Prognosis

Anti-amphiphysin encephalitis: Expanding the clinical spectrum.
Sun Y, Qin X, Huang D, Zhou Z, Zhang Y, Wang Q
Front Immunol 2023;14:1084883. Epub 2023 Apr 5 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1084883. PMID: 37090693Free PMC Article
The frontal sharp transient in newborns: An endogenous neurobiomarker concomitant to the physiological and critical transitional period around delivery?
Routier L, Mahmoudzadeh M, Panzani M, Saadatmehr B, Gondry J, Bourel-Ponchel E, Moghimi S, Wallois F
Cereb Cortex 2023 Mar 21;33(7):4026-4039. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhac324. PMID: 36066405Free PMC Article
Spectrum of epilepsy and electroencephalogram patterns in idic (15) syndrome.
Battaglia A, Bernardini L, Torrente I, Novelli A, Scarselli G
Am J Med Genet A 2016 Oct;170(10):2531-9. Epub 2016 Aug 11 doi: 10.1002/ajmg.a.37844. PMID: 27513709
Reversible posterior encephalopathy syndrome in children with nephrotic syndrome.
Zhou J, Zheng H, Zhong X, Wu D, Wang M, Tang X, Li Q
Nephrology (Carlton) 2015 Nov;20(11):849-54. doi: 10.1111/nep.12518. PMID: 26014660
Broad sharp waves-an underrecognized EEG pattern in patients with epileptic seizures.
Bauer G, Bauer R, Dobesberger J, Unterberger I, Ortler M, Ndayisaba JP, Trinka E
J Clin Neurophysiol 2008 Oct;25(5):250-4. doi: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e3181879d31. PMID: 18791472

Clinical prediction guides

Anti-amphiphysin encephalitis: Expanding the clinical spectrum.
Sun Y, Qin X, Huang D, Zhou Z, Zhang Y, Wang Q
Front Immunol 2023;14:1084883. Epub 2023 Apr 5 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1084883. PMID: 37090693Free PMC Article
The frontal sharp transient in newborns: An endogenous neurobiomarker concomitant to the physiological and critical transitional period around delivery?
Routier L, Mahmoudzadeh M, Panzani M, Saadatmehr B, Gondry J, Bourel-Ponchel E, Moghimi S, Wallois F
Cereb Cortex 2023 Mar 21;33(7):4026-4039. doi: 10.1093/cercor/bhac324. PMID: 36066405Free PMC Article
Clinical and imaging features of nonmotor onset seizure in poststroke epilepsy.
Fukuma K, Ikeda S, Tanaka T, Kamogawa N, Ishiyama H, Abe S, Tojima M, Kobayashi K, Shimotake A, Nakaoku Y, Nishimura K, Koga M, Toyoda K, Matsumoto R, Ikeda A, Ihara M
Epilepsia 2022 Aug;63(8):2068-2080. Epub 2022 Jun 10 doi: 10.1111/epi.17308. PMID: 35593437
Paroxysmal dyskinesia and epilepsy in pseudohypoparathyroidism.
Zhang C, Zhou X, Feng M, Yue W
Mol Genet Genomic Med 2020 Oct;8(10):e1423. Epub 2020 Jul 26 doi: 10.1002/mgg3.1423. PMID: 32715645Free PMC Article
Broad sharp waves-an underrecognized EEG pattern in patients with epileptic seizures.
Bauer G, Bauer R, Dobesberger J, Unterberger I, Ortler M, Ndayisaba JP, Trinka E
J Clin Neurophysiol 2008 Oct;25(5):250-4. doi: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e3181879d31. PMID: 18791472

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