Question

True or False? (T) or (F)

1. ___ Benign Familial Neonatal Epilepsy most commonly usually shows focal sharp ictally and has a favorable outcome?

2. ___ Benign Rolandic Epilepsy most commonly shows prominent central or midtemporal spikes and may be seen in the EEG of some children who never have a history of seizures.

3. ___ Absence seizures typically last 40-60 seconds.

4. ___ The best activating procedure for eliciting absence seizures is hyperventiltion.

5. ___ Childhood Absence Epilepsy typically shows hypsarrhythmia and the ictal record most commonly shows an attenuation of patterns and voltage.

6. ___ In infantile spasms, the interictal record shows hypsarrhyhythmia and the ictal record most commonly shows an attenuation of patterns and voltage.

Answer 1

1. Answer: True : Benign familial neonatal convulsion is an autosomal dominant epilepsy.
2. Answer: True: Benign Rolandic Epilepsy most commonly shows prominent central or midtemporal spikes and may be seen in the EEG of some children who never have a history of seizures.
3. Answer: True: These seizures will generally last 1 to 3 minutes. If a tonic-clonic seizure lasts longer than 5 minutes requires medical attention.
4. Answer: True
5. Answer : True
6. Answer: True : It is an abnormal interictal pattern, consisting of high amplitude and irregular waves and spikes in a background of chaotic and disorganized activity seen on electroencephalogram (EEG), and frequently encountered in an infant diagnosed with infantile spasms, although it can be found in other conditions.