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EEG with frontal focal spike waves

MedGen UID:
868678
•Concept ID:
C4023081
•
Finding
HPO: HP:0012010

Definition

EEG with focal sharp transient waves in the frontal region, i.e., focal sharp waves of a duration less than 80 msec followed by a slow wave. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

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

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Idiopathic focal epilepsies: the "lost tribe".
Pal DK, Ferrie C, Addis L, Akiyama T, Capovilla G, Caraballo R, de Saint-Martin A, Fejerman N, Guerrini R, Hamandi K, Helbig I, Ioannides AA, Kobayashi K, Lal D, Lesca G, Muhle H, Neubauer BA, Pisano T, Rudolf G, Seegmuller C, Shibata T, Smith A, Striano P, Strug LJ, Szepetowski P, Valeta T, Yoshinaga H, Koutroumanidis M
Epileptic Disord 2016 Sep 1;18(3):252-88. doi: 10.1684/epd.2016.0839. PMID: 27435520
Hemispheric epilepsy.
Blume WT
Brain 1998 Oct;121 ( Pt 10):1937-49. doi: 10.1093/brain/121.10.1937. PMID: 9798748
Sleep and the epilepsies.
Autret A, Lucas B, Hommet C, Corcia P, de Toffol B
J Neurol 1997 Apr;244(4 Suppl 1):S10-7. doi: 10.1007/BF03160566. PMID: 9112584
Epileptic negative myoclonus.
Tassinari CA, Rubboli G, Parmeggiani L, Valzania F, Plasmati R, Riguzzi P, Michelucci R, Volpi L, Passarelli D, Meletti S
Adv Neurol 1995;67:181-97. PMID: 8848969
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

Generalized nonmotor (absence) seizures-What do absence, generalized, and nonmotor mean?
Unterberger I, Trinka E, Kaplan PW, Walser G, Luef G, Bauer G
Epilepsia 2018 Mar;59(3):523-529. Epub 2018 Jan 11 doi: 10.1111/epi.13996. PMID: 29327337
Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and epilepsy with myoclonic-astatic seizures.
Kaminska A, Oguni H
Handb Clin Neurol 2013;111:641-52. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52891-9.00067-1. PMID: 23622212
Sleep and the epilepsies.
Autret A, Lucas B, Hommet C, Corcia P, de Toffol B
J Neurol 1997 Apr;244(4 Suppl 1):S10-7. doi: 10.1007/BF03160566. PMID: 9112584
Epileptiform electroencephalographic patterns.
Westmoreland BF
Mayo Clin Proc 1996 May;71(5):501-11. doi: 10.4065/71.5.501. PMID: 8628033
Epileptic negative myoclonus.
Tassinari CA, Rubboli G, Parmeggiani L, Valzania F, Plasmati R, Riguzzi P, Michelucci R, Volpi L, Passarelli D, Meletti S
Adv Neurol 1995;67:181-97. PMID: 8848969

Therapy

Two cases of DYNC1H1 mutations with intractable epilepsy.
Matsumoto A, Kojima K, Miya F, Miyauchi A, Watanabe K, Iwamoto S, Kawai K, Kato M, Takahashi Y, Yamagata T
Brain Dev 2021 Sep;43(8):857-862. Epub 2021 Jun 3 doi: 10.1016/j.braindev.2021.05.005. PMID: 34092403
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
Idiopathic focal epilepsies: the "lost tribe".
Pal DK, Ferrie C, Addis L, Akiyama T, Capovilla G, Caraballo R, de Saint-Martin A, Fejerman N, Guerrini R, Hamandi K, Helbig I, Ioannides AA, Kobayashi K, Lal D, Lesca G, Muhle H, Neubauer BA, Pisano T, Rudolf G, Seegmuller C, Shibata T, Smith A, Striano P, Strug LJ, Szepetowski P, Valeta T, Yoshinaga H, Koutroumanidis M
Epileptic Disord 2016 Sep 1;18(3):252-88. doi: 10.1684/epd.2016.0839. PMID: 27435520
The evaluation of interictal focal EEG findings in adult patients with absence seizures.
Matur Z, Baykan B, Bebek N, Gürses C, Altindağ E, Gökyiğit A
Seizure 2009 Jun;18(5):352-8. Epub 2009 Feb 12 doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2009.01.007. PMID: 19213578
Focal seizures and EEG: prognostic considerations.
Hughes JR, Fino JJ
Clin Electroencephalogr 2003 Oct;34(4):174-81. doi: 10.1177/155005940303400403. PMID: 14560817

Prognosis

Idiopathic focal epilepsies: the "lost tribe".
Pal DK, Ferrie C, Addis L, Akiyama T, Capovilla G, Caraballo R, de Saint-Martin A, Fejerman N, Guerrini R, Hamandi K, Helbig I, Ioannides AA, Kobayashi K, Lal D, Lesca G, Muhle H, Neubauer BA, Pisano T, Rudolf G, Seegmuller C, Shibata T, Smith A, Striano P, Strug LJ, Szepetowski P, Valeta T, Yoshinaga H, Koutroumanidis M
Epileptic Disord 2016 Sep 1;18(3):252-88. doi: 10.1684/epd.2016.0839. PMID: 27435520
Long-term prognosis of patients with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and epilepsy.
Verrotti A, Spartà MV, Monacelli D, Porto R, Castagnino M, Russo Raucci A, Compagno F, Viglio S, Foiadelli T, Nicita F, Grosso S, Spalice A, Chiarelli F, Marseglia G, Savasta S
Epilepsia 2014 Aug;55(8):1213-9. Epub 2014 Jun 25 doi: 10.1111/epi.12699. PMID: 24965265
Lennox-Gastaut syndrome and epilepsy with myoclonic-astatic seizures.
Kaminska A, Oguni H
Handb Clin Neurol 2013;111:641-52. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52891-9.00067-1. PMID: 23622212
Hemispheric epilepsy.
Blume WT
Brain 1998 Oct;121 ( Pt 10):1937-49. doi: 10.1093/brain/121.10.1937. PMID: 9798748
Sleep and the epilepsies.
Autret A, Lucas B, Hommet C, Corcia P, de Toffol B
J Neurol 1997 Apr;244(4 Suppl 1):S10-7. doi: 10.1007/BF03160566. PMID: 9112584

Clinical prediction guides

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
Clinical characteristics and postoperative seizure outcome in patients with mild malformation of cortical development and oligodendroglial hyperplasia.
Gaballa A, Woermann FG, Cloppenborg T, Kalbhenn T, Blümcke I, Bien CG, Fauser S
Epilepsia 2021 Dec;62(12):2920-2931. Epub 2021 Oct 11 doi: 10.1111/epi.17084. PMID: 34636039
Generalized nonmotor (absence) seizures-What do absence, generalized, and nonmotor mean?
Unterberger I, Trinka E, Kaplan PW, Walser G, Luef G, Bauer G
Epilepsia 2018 Mar;59(3):523-529. Epub 2018 Jan 11 doi: 10.1111/epi.13996. PMID: 29327337
Idiopathic focal epilepsies: the "lost tribe".
Pal DK, Ferrie C, Addis L, Akiyama T, Capovilla G, Caraballo R, de Saint-Martin A, Fejerman N, Guerrini R, Hamandi K, Helbig I, Ioannides AA, Kobayashi K, Lal D, Lesca G, Muhle H, Neubauer BA, Pisano T, Rudolf G, Seegmuller C, Shibata T, Smith A, Striano P, Strug LJ, Szepetowski P, Valeta T, Yoshinaga H, Koutroumanidis M
Epileptic Disord 2016 Sep 1;18(3):252-88. doi: 10.1684/epd.2016.0839. PMID: 27435520
Sleep and the epilepsies.
Autret A, Lucas B, Hommet C, Corcia P, de Toffol B
J Neurol 1997 Apr;244(4 Suppl 1):S10-7. doi: 10.1007/BF03160566. PMID: 9112584

Recent systematic reviews

FLAIR-hyperintense lesions in anti-MOG-associated encephalitis with seizures overlaying anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor encephalitis: a case report and literature review.
Yang JX, Yang MM, Han YJ, Gao CH, Cao J
Front Immunol 2023;14:1149987. Epub 2023 Apr 17 doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2023.1149987. PMID: 37138864Free PMC Article

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