ESES is it a pretty rare condition in Iranian children with epilepsy !

ESES (Electrical Status Epilepticus in Sleep) is one of the topics with many debates on it! Most debates are on definition and terminology. Many consider ESES as a synonymous for CSWS (Continuous Spike and Wave during Sleep), but some authors indicate that the ESES defines the EEG pattern seen during sleep, mainly in two clinical conditions (i.e., CSWS vs. LKS or Landau Kleffner Syndrome). In one survey done in a group of Iranian Neurologists, 56% of respondents agreed that these two terms are not synonymous (in American neurologist this figure was 31%). The other matter of debate is that; many people think that ESES is a rare condition in pediatric epilepsy age group. In a busy pediatric epilepsy clinic in Tehran among 876 pediatric patients firstly visited because of epilepsy there was 10 patients with ESES (near 1%), who were not diagnosed as having it previously!! It’s also noteworthy to state that majority of them were not CSWS and LKS . The main cause for their ESES was drug induced ESES .In my talk, I will address on ESES , definition, debates on it and its nature and outcome in our patients at our EMU and pediatric epilepsy clinic.

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Pediatric epilepsy ، ESES ، CSWS ، EMU ، drug induced ESES ، pediatric epilepsy clinic