Hi
My niece has developed a sleeping disorder
of laughing seizure like she laughs while
i sleep for 3-4 seconds and then stare and
then sleep and this pattern at times is
also during day time when she is awake.
We did EEG and MRI and nothing came out
from them.Follwoing is the report of
both.
She is a hyper active child.
DO anyone ever has those type of siezure
and what and how long the meidcations wer
taken what were the results?
EEG
It is a wake reord.patient was fairly
cooperative.
Artifacts are minimal.
Photic stimulation from 3 hz to 21 hrtz
was given for 45 seconds.At an interval of
5 secs inclose eye state.
Hyperventilationwas performed for 3
mintues
EEG shows nearcontinuous occipital alfa of
approximately 7-9 hrtzand upto 20-50
microvolts which repsonds to eye opening.
At places slow wave activity seen.
No hard signs of epilepsy seen.
No evidence of focal lesion seen
electroencaphalographically
MRI
Thickened gyrus is seen in right temporo
parietal region-Pachgyria.A small rounded
lesion showig signal intensities similar
to grey matter is seen within the white
matter in right temporo parietal
region-Nodular grey matter hetrotopia.
Elsewhere both the cerberal hemisphere
shows normal MR morphology,signal
intensity and grey white
matterdifferentiation.
No midline shift is scene
Both lateral ventricles and third
ventricles are normal in size.
Fourth ventricle normal in size and
midline in position.
Brain stem and cerebellar hemishperes are
showing normal MR morphology and signal
intensity
Basal cisterns are normal
Major arteries of cirlce of willies are
shwoing normal flow void.
major intracranial dural venous sinuses
are shown normal outline and flow void.
Sella is normal in size.Pituotary gland is
visualized normally with both posteriar
and anterior lobes showing normal signal
inensity.
