Most cases of lennoxgastaut syndrome are caused by an existing neurological abnormality. I am a medical student and i q lennox wg the petit mal epilepsies. The lennoxgastaut syndrome is a severe form of chronic epileptic encephalopathy, characterized cli nically by the triad. Slow spike wave pattern in a 24yearold awake male with lennoxgastaut syndrome. Usually, lgs persists through childhood and adolescence to adult years. Lennoxgastaut syndrome, etiology, neuroimage, atonic crises, tonic crises. Fue descrito por lennox y davis en 1950, y posteriormente gastaut y otros, en. Lennoxgastaut syndrome lgs, or childhood epileptic encephalopathy, is a pediatric epilepsy syndrome characterized by multiple seizure types. Clinical and electroencephalographic symptomatology of the genuine lennoxgastaut syndrome and its differentiation from other forms of epilepsy of early childhood.
Antiepileptic drugs, cannabidiol and other alternatives. Lennoxgastaut syndrome genetics home reference nih. It is characterized by multiple and concurrent seizure types, cognitive dysfunction, and slow spike waves on electroencephalogram eeg. The disorder likely has a genetic component, although the specific genetic factors are not well understood. Children with lgs have seizures often, and they have several different kinds of seizures.
Lennoxgastaut syndrome lgs is a severe form of childhood epilepsy with multiple types of seizures. Lennoxgastaut syndrome can have many different causes. Ela toma muitos medicamentos as crises no momento estao controladas mas ainda vejo uns escapes umas crises levinhas. One of the most challenging areas in nosology is in the field of severe generalized epilepsy of early childhood. Please use one of the following formats to cite this article in your essay, paper or report.
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