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EEG with occipital focal spike waves

MedGen UID:
868677
•Concept ID:
C4023080
•
Finding
HPO: HP:0012011

Definition

EEG with focal sharp transient waves in the occipital 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 occipital focal spike waves

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Localizing and Lateralizing Value of Seizure Onset Pattern on Surface EEG in FCD Type II.
Thamcharoenvipas T, Takahashi Y, Kimura N, Matsuda K, Usui N
Pediatr Neurol 2022 Apr;129:48-54. Epub 2022 Feb 4 doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2022.01.008. PMID: 35231790
More than one self-limited epilepsy of childhood in the same patient: A multicenter study.
Fortini S, Espeche A, Galicchio S, Cersósimo R, Chacon S, Gallo A, Gamboni B, Adi J, Fasulo L, Semprino M, Cachia P, Caraballo RH
Epilepsy Res 2021 Nov;177:106768. Epub 2021 Sep 17 doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2021.106768. PMID: 34547632
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
Idiopathic focal epilepsies.
Vigevano F, Specchio N, Fejerman N
Handb Clin Neurol 2013;111:591-604. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52891-9.00061-0. PMID: 23622206
Pediatric focal epilepsy syndromes.
Sánchez Fernández I, Loddenkemper T
J Clin Neurophysiol 2012 Oct;29(5):425-40. doi: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e31826bd943. PMID: 23027100

Diagnosis

Idiopathic focal epilepsies.
Vigevano F, Specchio N, Fejerman N
Handb Clin Neurol 2013;111:591-604. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52891-9.00061-0. PMID: 23622206
Pediatric focal epilepsy syndromes.
Sánchez Fernández I, Loddenkemper T
J Clin Neurophysiol 2012 Oct;29(5):425-40. doi: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e31826bd943. PMID: 23027100
Occipital lobe seizures and epilepsies.
Adcock JE, Panayiotopoulos CP
J Clin Neurophysiol 2012 Oct;29(5):397-407. doi: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e31826c98fe. PMID: 23027097
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

Modulation index predicts the effect of ethosuximide on developmental and epileptic encephalopathy with spike-and-wave activation in sleep.
Shibata T, Tsuchiya H, Akiyama M, Akiyama T, Kobayashi K
Epilepsy Res 2024 May;202:107359. Epub 2024 Apr 4 doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2024.107359. PMID: 38582072
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
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
Pediatric focal epilepsy syndromes.
Sánchez Fernández I, Loddenkemper T
J Clin Neurophysiol 2012 Oct;29(5):425-40. doi: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e31826bd943. PMID: 23027100
Occipital lobe seizures and epilepsies.
Adcock JE, Panayiotopoulos CP
J Clin Neurophysiol 2012 Oct;29(5):397-407. doi: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e31826c98fe. PMID: 23027097

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
Idiopathic focal epilepsies.
Vigevano F, Specchio N, Fejerman N
Handb Clin Neurol 2013;111:591-604. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52891-9.00061-0. PMID: 23622206
Pediatric focal epilepsy syndromes.
Sánchez Fernández I, Loddenkemper T
J Clin Neurophysiol 2012 Oct;29(5):425-40. doi: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e31826bd943. PMID: 23027100
Occipital lobe seizures and epilepsies.
Adcock JE, Panayiotopoulos CP
J Clin Neurophysiol 2012 Oct;29(5):397-407. doi: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e31826c98fe. PMID: 23027097
The spectrum of benign infantile seizures.
Specchio N, Vigevano F
Epilepsy Res 2006 Aug;70 Suppl 1:S156-67. Epub 2006 Jul 11 doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2006.01.018. PMID: 16837167

Clinical prediction guides

A characteristic occipital epileptiform EEG pattern in ADCK3-related mitochondrial disease.
Arntsen V, Sand T, Hikmat O, Samsonsen C, Bindoff LA, Brodtkorb E
Epileptic Disord 2021 Apr 1;23(2):281-290. doi: 10.1684/epd.2021.1269. PMID: 33881396
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
Pediatric focal epilepsy syndromes.
Sánchez Fernández I, Loddenkemper T
J Clin Neurophysiol 2012 Oct;29(5):425-40. doi: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e31826bd943. PMID: 23027100
Occipital lobe seizures and epilepsies.
Adcock JE, Panayiotopoulos CP
J Clin Neurophysiol 2012 Oct;29(5):397-407. doi: 10.1097/WNP.0b013e31826c98fe. PMID: 23027097
Electroencephalography during normotensive and hypertensive pregnancy: a systematic review.
Brussé IA, Peters NC, Steegers EA, Duvekot JJ, Visser GH
Obstet Gynecol Surv 2010 Dec;65(12):794-803. doi: 10.1097/OGX.0b013e31821286f1. PMID: 21411024

Recent systematic reviews

Electroencephalography during normotensive and hypertensive pregnancy: a systematic review.
Brussé IA, Peters NC, Steegers EA, Duvekot JJ, Visser GH
Obstet Gynecol Surv 2010 Dec;65(12):794-803. doi: 10.1097/OGX.0b013e31821286f1. PMID: 21411024

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