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Convulsive equivalent syndrome of childhood

1964; Elsevier BV; Volume: 64; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1016/s0022-3476(64)80339-5

1097-6833

Dora Hsi-Chih Chao, Jo Anne Sexton, Starkey D. Davis,

Infectious Encephalopathies and Encephalitis

The convulsive equivalent syndrome is an entity of paroxysmal cerebral disorder characterized by autonomic disturbances and dysfunction in behavior and communication. This syndrome has been variously referred to by such names as abdominal epilepsy or autonomic epilepsy. Other types of seizures may coexist in certain cases. Although a close correlation between the 14 and 6 per second positive spike electroencephalographic pattern and the convulsive equivalent syndrome has been observed by Gibbs and others, the nature and significance of the 14 and 6 phenomenon remains controversial. In this study 535 cases were divided into 3 groups which have been analyzed and compared. It was found that of 349 children with convulsive equivalent epilepsy, only 55 per cent showed the 14 and 6 pattern, and of 379 children with the 14 and 6 abnormality only 50 per cent had the convulsive equivalent epilepsy. The convulsive equivalent syndrome is an entity of paroxysmal cerebral disorder characterized by autonomic disturbances and dysfunction in behavior and communication. This syndrome has been variously referred to by such names as abdominal epilepsy or autonomic epilepsy. Other types of seizures may coexist in certain cases. Although a close correlation between the 14 and 6 per second positive spike electroencephalographic pattern and the convulsive equivalent syndrome has been observed by Gibbs and others, the nature and significance of the 14 and 6 phenomenon remains controversial. In this study 535 cases were divided into 3 groups which have been analyzed and compared. It was found that of 349 children with convulsive equivalent epilepsy, only 55 per cent showed the 14 and 6 pattern, and of 379 children with the 14 and 6 abnormality only 50 per cent had the convulsive equivalent epilepsy.