BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: Multiple factors have been found to contribute to the high risk of epilepsy in infants with tuberous sclerosis complex (TSC), including evolution of EEG abnormalities, TSC gene variant, and MRI characteristics. The aim of this prospective multicenter study was to identify early MRI biomarkers of epilepsy in infants with TSC aged <6 months and before seizure onset, and associate these MRI biomarkers with neurodevelopmental outcomes at 2 years of age. The study was part of the EPISTOP project. METHODS: We evaluated brain MRIs performed in infants younger than 6 months with TSC. We used harmonized MRI protocols across centers and children were monitored closely with neuropsychological evaluation and serial video EEG. MRI characteristics, defined as tubers, radial migration lines, white matter abnormalities, cysts, calcifications, subependymal nodules (SEN), and subependymal giant cell astrocytoma (SEGA), were visually evaluated and lesions were detected semiautomatically. Lesion to brain volume ratios were calculated and associated with epilepsy and neurodevelopmental outcomes at 2 years. RESULTS: Lesions were assessed on MRIs from 77 infants with TSC; 62 MRIs were sufficient for volume analysis. The presence of tubers and higher tuber-brain ratios were associated with the development of clinical seizures, independently of TSC gene variation and preventive treatment. Furthermore, higher tuber-brain ratios were associated with lower cognitive and motor development quotients at 2 years, independently of TSC gene variation and presence of epilepsy. DISCUSSION: In infants with TSC, there is a significant association between characteristic TSC lesions detected on early brain MRI and development of clinical seizures, as well as neurodevelopmental outcomes in the first 2 years of life. According to our results, early brain MRI findings may guide clinical care for young children with TSC. CLASSIFICATION OF EVIDENCE: This study provides Class I evidence that in infants with TSC, there is a significant association between characteristic TSC lesions on early brain MRI and the development of clinical seizures and neurodevelopmental outcomes in the first 2 years of life.
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- dítě MeSH
- epilepsie * komplikace etiologie MeSH
- kojenec MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- magnetická rezonanční tomografie MeSH
- předškolní dítě MeSH
- prospektivní studie MeSH
- tuberózní skleróza * komplikace diagnostické zobrazování genetika MeSH
- záchvaty komplikace MeSH
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- dítě MeSH
- kojenec MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- předškolní dítě MeSH
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- časopisecké články MeSH
- multicentrická studie MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
OBJECTIVE: Disturbed sleep is common in epilepsy. The direct influence of nocturnal epileptic activity on sleep fragmentation remains poorly understood. Stereo-electroencephalography paired with polysomnography is the ideal tool to study this relationship. We investigated whether sleep-related epileptic activity is associated with sleep disruption. METHODS: We visually marked sleep stages, arousals, seizures, and epileptic bursts in 36 patients with focal drug-resistant epilepsy who underwent combined stereo-electroencephalography/polysomnography during presurgical evaluation. Epileptic spikes were detected automatically. Spike and burst indices (n/sec/channel) were computed across four 3-second time windows (baseline sleep, pre-arousal, arousal, and post-arousal). Sleep stage and anatomic localization were tested as modulating factors. We assessed the intra-arousal dynamics of spikes and their relationship with the slow wave component of non-rapid eye-movement sleep (NR) arousals. RESULTS: The vast majority of sleep-related seizures (82.4%; 76.5% asymptomatic) were followed by awakenings or arousals. The epileptic burst index increased significantly before arousals as compared to baseline and postarousal, irrespective of sleep stage or brain area. A similar pre-arousal increase was observed for the spike index in NR stage 2 and rapid eye-movement sleep. In addition, the spike index increased during the arousal itself in neocortical channels, and was strongly correlated with the slow wave component of NR arousals (r = 0.99, p < 0.0001). INTERPRETATION: Sleep fragmentation in focal drug-resistant epilepsy is associated with ictal and interictal epileptic activity. The increase in interictal epileptic activity before arousals suggests its participation in sleep disruption. An additional increase in the spike rate during arousals may result from a sleep-wake boundary instability, suggesting a bidirectional relationship. ANN NEUROL 2020;88:907-920.
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- arousal MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- elektroencefalografie MeSH
- epilepsie komplikace MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladý dospělý MeSH
- polysomnografie MeSH
- poruchy spánku a bdění etiologie MeSH
- refrakterní epilepsie MeSH
- spánek pomalých vln MeSH
- spánková deprivace etiologie MeSH
- stadia spánku MeSH
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- dospělí MeSH
- lidé středního věku MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladý dospělý MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
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- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
OBJECTIVE: To determine electrical changes in the heart in a chronic, nonstatus model of epilepsy. METHODS: Electrocorticography (ECoG) and electrocardiography (ECG) of nine animals (five made epileptic by intrahippocampal injection of tetanus neurotoxin (TeNT) and four controls), are monitored continuously by radiotelemetry for up to 7 weeks. RESULTS: Epileptic animals develop a median of 168 seizures, with postictal tachycardias reaching a mean of 487 beats/min and lasting a mean of 661 seconds. Ictal changes in heart rate include tachycardia and in the case of convulsive seizures, bradyarrhythmias resembling Mobitz type 1 second-degree atrioventricular block; notably the P-R interval increased before block. Postictally, the amplitude of T wave increases. Interictally, QT dependence on RR is modest and conventional QT corrections prove ineffective. Interictal QT intervals, measured at a heart rate of 400 bpm, increased from 65 to 75 ms, an increase dependent on seizure incidence over the preceding 10-14 days. SIGNIFICANCE: Repeated seizures induce a sustained tachycardia and increase in QT interval of the ECG and evoke arrhythmias including periods of atrioventricular block during Racine type 4 and 5 seizures. These changes in cardiac function may predispose to development in fatal arrhythmias and sudden death in humans with epilepsy.
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- bradykardie etiologie MeSH
- elektrokardiografie MeSH
- elektrokortikografie MeSH
- krysa rodu rattus MeSH
- náhlá neočekávaná smrt při epilepsii etiologie MeSH
- neurotoxiny toxicita MeSH
- potkani Wistar MeSH
- tachykardie etiologie MeSH
- tetanový toxin toxicita MeSH
- záchvaty chemicky indukované komplikace patofyziologie MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
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- krysa rodu rattus MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- zvířata MeSH
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PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to evaluate seizure outcome in children with hematological malignancies and PRES and to identify prognostic factors that could help manage the syndrome. METHOD: We retrospectively reviewed the report data of 21 patients diagnosed with hematological malignancy or aplastic anemia and PRES between 2008 and 2018. Basic demographic data, oncology treatment, presymptomatic hypertension before PRES manifestation, neurological status, seizure type, and EEG and MRI findings at PRES onset and at the one-year follow-up visit were studied. Patients who developed remote symptomatic seizures or epilepsy were identified. RESULTS: We included 21 children (11 females and 10 males) in the study. Sixteen patients (76.2%) were diagnosed with ALL and the rest individually with AML, CML, T-lymphoma, Burkitt lymphoma, and severe aplastic anemia. Presymptomatic hypertension (PSH) was evaluated in 19 patients and was present in 18 (94.7%). The duration was 9 h and more in 16 patients (88.8%); the severity was grade II in 12 patients (66.7%). Seizures as the initial symptom of PRES were present in 17 patients (80.9%). Four patients (19.0%) were assessed with remote symptomatic seizures. Two of them (9.5%) had ongoing seizures at the one-year follow-up visit and were diagnosed with epilepsy. The presence of gliosis on follow-up MRI indicated worse outcome with development of epilepsy (without statistical significance). CONCLUSIONS: PRES syndrome has an overall good prognosis and the evolution to epilepsy is rare. The severity and duration of PSH or seizure severity and EEG findings at PRES onsetwere not associated with worse neurological outcomes in this study.
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- dítě MeSH
- elektroencefalografie metody MeSH
- hematologické nádory komplikace diagnostické zobrazování patofyziologie MeSH
- kohortové studie MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- následné studie MeSH
- předškolní dítě MeSH
- prognóza MeSH
- retrospektivní studie MeSH
- syndrom zadní leukoencefalopatie komplikace diagnostické zobrazování patofyziologie MeSH
- syndromy selhání kostní dřeně komplikace diagnostické zobrazování patofyziologie MeSH
- záchvaty komplikace diagnostické zobrazování patofyziologie MeSH
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- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- předškolní dítě MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
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- časopisecké články MeSH
PURPOSE: To define the phenotypic and mutational spectrum of epilepsies related to DEPDC5, NPRL2 and NPRL3 genes encoding the GATOR1 complex, a negative regulator of the mTORC1 pathway METHODS: We analyzed clinical and genetic data of 73 novel probands (familial and sporadic) with epilepsy-related variants in GATOR1-encoding genes and proposed new guidelines for clinical interpretation of GATOR1 variants. RESULTS: The GATOR1 seizure phenotype consisted mostly in focal seizures (e.g., hypermotor or frontal lobe seizures in 50%), with a mean age at onset of 4.4 years, often sleep-related and drug-resistant (54%), and associated with focal cortical dysplasia (20%). Infantile spasms were reported in 10% of the probands. Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) occurred in 10% of the families. Novel classification framework of all 140 epilepsy-related GATOR1 variants (including the variants of this study) revealed that 68% are loss-of-function pathogenic, 14% are likely pathogenic, 15% are variants of uncertain significance and 3% are likely benign. CONCLUSION: Our data emphasize the increasingly important role of GATOR1 genes in the pathogenesis of focal epilepsies (>180 probands to date). The GATOR1 phenotypic spectrum ranges from sporadic early-onset epilepsies with cognitive impairment comorbidities to familial focal epilepsies, and SUDEP.
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- Brugadův syndrom genetika mortalita patofyziologie MeSH
- dítě MeSH
- epilepsie komplikace epidemiologie genetika patofyziologie MeSH
- genetická predispozice k nemoci MeSH
- kojenec MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mechanistické cílové místo rapamycinového komplexu 1 genetika MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- multiproteinové komplexy genetika MeSH
- mutace INDEL genetika MeSH
- mutace ztráty funkce genetika MeSH
- nádorové supresorové proteiny genetika MeSH
- novorozenec MeSH
- předškolní dítě MeSH
- proteiny aktivující GTPasu genetika MeSH
- represorové proteiny genetika MeSH
- rodokmen MeSH
- signální transdukce genetika MeSH
- variabilita počtu kopií segmentů DNA genetika MeSH
- záchvaty komplikace epidemiologie genetika patofyziologie MeSH
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- kojenec MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
- novorozenec MeSH
- předškolní dítě MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
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- časopisecké články MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
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- ambulantní monitorování krevního tlaku metody využití MeSH
- antidepresiva druhé generace terapeutické užití MeSH
- antidepresiva tricyklická terapeutické užití MeSH
- antidepresiva klasifikace terapeutické užití MeSH
- feochromocytom patofyziologie patologie prevence a kontrola MeSH
- hypertenze * diagnóza etiologie prevence a kontrola MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- manometrie metody využití MeSH
- medikační omyly škodlivé účinky MeSH
- měření krevního tlaku * metody škodlivé účinky využití MeSH
- náhlé příhody epidemiologie klasifikace MeSH
- panická porucha komplikace patofyziologie MeSH
- psychický stres komplikace patofyziologie MeSH
- úzkostné poruchy patofyziologie prevence a kontrola MeSH
- záchvaty * diagnóza etiologie komplikace MeSH
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- lidé MeSH
We report two brothers with mild intellectual deficiency, exercise intolerance, rhabdomyolysis, seizures and no hemolysis. Phosphoglycerate kinase (PGK) activity was strongly decreased in their red blood cells. Subsequent molecular analysis of PGK1 revealed hemizygosity for a novel mutation c.756 + 3A > G, in intron 7. Analysis of the effect of this mutation on pre-mRNA processing demonstrated markedly decreased levels of normal PGK1 mRNA. In addition, the c.756 + 3A > G change resulted in abnormally spliced transcripts. If translated, these transcripts mostly encode for C-terminally truncated proteins. The consequences of the c.756 + 3A > G mutation is discussed, as well as the genotype-to-phenotype correlation with regard to previously described mutations (PGK Fukuroi and PGK Antwerp), which also result in C-terminal truncated proteins.
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- fenotyp MeSH
- fosfoglycerátkinasa nedostatek genetika ultrastruktura MeSH
- genetické nemoci vázané na chromozom X komplikace diagnóza genetika MeSH
- genotyp MeSH
- hemolýza MeSH
- kosterní svaly patologie MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- mentální retardace komplikace MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mutace MeSH
- myoglobinurie komplikace MeSH
- sourozenci MeSH
- vrozené poruchy metabolismu komplikace diagnóza genetika MeSH
- záchvaty komplikace MeSH
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- lidé MeSH
- mladiství MeSH
- mužské pohlaví MeSH
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- časopisecké články MeSH
- kazuistiky MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH
Akutní meningoencefalitida objevující se několik týdnů až měsíců po nákaze lidským virem imunodeficience (HIV) může mít těžký průběh. Kazuistika popisuje neobvyklý případ 40letého pacienta, u kterého byla při vyšetřování horečnatého stavu a hepatorenálního selhání zjištěna akutní HIV infekce a lues secundaria. Dva dny po sdělení diagnózy HIV infekce a syfilis u pacienta došlo k hyperventilaci, křečím a bezvědomí, pro které musel být intubován. Tato závažná afektivní reakce vzbudila podezření na současně probíhající akutní neuroinfekci. Analýza likvoru, která prokázala mírnou lymfocytární pleocytózu a vysokou hladinu HIV-1 RNA, vedla ke stanovení diagnózy HIV-1 meningoencefalitidy. Současně byla vzhledem k nepřítomnosti intratékální syntézy antitreponemových protilátek vyloučena neurosyfilis. Následně zavedená kombinovaná antiretrovirová terapie, neurologická a psychiatrická léčba i psychoterapeutická podpora vedly k významnému zlepšení neuropsychického stavu nemocného. Terapií betalaktamovými antibiotiky pak byla zvládnuta lues secundaria, což se projevilo normalizací jaterních i ledvinných funkcí. Kazuistika dokumentuje podle našich znalostí dosud v literatuře nepopsaný těžký průběh akutní HIV-1 meningoencefalitidy se současně probíhající komplikovanou lues secundaria.
Acute meningoencephalitis manifesting itself within weeks to months after infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and may have severe course. We present an uncommon case of a 40-year-old male newly diagnosed with acute HIV infection and secondary syphilis after he was examined for fever and hepatorenal failure. Two days after the patient was informed about his HIV and syphilis diagnosis he developed hyperventilation, seizures and coma for which he had to be intubated. The reaction raised suspicion of an ongoing acute neuroinfection. Subsequent cerebrospinal fluid analysis revealed mild lymphocytic pleocytosis and high level of HIV-1 RNA leading to diagnosis of HIV-1 meningoencephalitis. Absence of intrathecal synthesis of antitreponemal antibodies excluded neurosyphilis. Treatment with a combination of antiretroviral therapy, neurological and psychiatric medication and supportive psychotherapy led to significant improvement of patient’s neuropsychological condition. In addition, therapy with betalactam antibiotics cured syphilis and resulted in normalization of liver and renal functions. To our knowledge, no case study of severe HIV-1 meningoencephalitis with concomitant complicated secondary syphilis with hepatorenal failure has thus far been reported in the literature.
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- HIV-1 meningoencefalitida, hepatorenální selhání,
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- akutní nemoc MeSH
- antibakteriální látky terapeutické užití MeSH
- antiretrovirové látky terapeutické užití MeSH
- dospělí MeSH
- HIV infekce * diagnóza farmakoterapie komplikace MeSH
- kombinovaná farmakoterapie MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- meningoencefalitida * diagnóza etiologie farmakoterapie MeSH
- mezioborová komunikace MeSH
- péče o pacienty v kritickém stavu MeSH
- poruchy nálady etiologie farmakoterapie komplikace MeSH
- renální insuficience diagnóza MeSH
- selhání jater diagnóza MeSH
- syfilis * diagnóza farmakoterapie MeSH
- záchvaty etiologie farmakoterapie komplikace MeSH
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- dospělí MeSH
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- dítě * MeSH
- epilepsie * diagnóza farmakoterapie genetika klasifikace komplikace prevence a kontrola psychologie MeSH
- hodnotící studie jako téma * MeSH
- kvalita života * MeSH
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- záchvaty * diagnóza farmakoterapie komplikace prevence a kontrola psychologie MeSH
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A 4-year-old girl with intractable epilepsy due to left-side hemispheric cortical dysplasia underwent a hemispherotomy. She was seizure-free after the surgery. EEG showed persistent abundant epileptiform activity over the left (disconnected) hemisphere, including ictal patterns that neither generalised nor had clinical correlates. Antiepileptic medication was completely withdrawn four years following the surgery. One week after the withdrawal, she developed episodes of intense left-sided hemicranias (ipsilateral to the surgery) with vomiting and photophobia that did not resemble her habitual seizures and were unresponsive to non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. Video-EEG showed association of the headache attacks with ictal patterns over the disconnected hemisphere. Brain MRI revealed increased signal changes in the left hemisphere. Attacks responded promptly to i.v. midazolam and carbamazepine at a low dose. Mechanisms underlying peri-ictal headache originating in the disconnected hemisphere are discussed. [Published with video sequences].
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- antikonvulziva terapeutické užití MeSH
- bolesti hlavy komplikace patologie MeSH
- elektroencefalografie MeSH
- epilepsie komplikace patologie chirurgie MeSH
- funkční lateralita MeSH
- hemisferektomie MeSH
- karbamazepin terapeutické užití MeSH
- lidé MeSH
- midazolam terapeutické užití MeSH
- mozek patologie MeSH
- neurochirurgické výkony MeSH
- předškolní dítě MeSH
- záchvaty komplikace patologie MeSH
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- lidé MeSH
- předškolní dítě MeSH
- ženské pohlaví MeSH
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- časopisecké články MeSH
- kazuistiky MeSH
- práce podpořená grantem MeSH