• Department of Neurology, Children’s Hospital Affiliated to Zhengzhou University, Henan Children’s Hospital, Zhengzhou Children’s Hospital, Zhengzhou 450003, China;
CHEN Guohong, Email: 1879872583@qq.com
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Objective To analyze and summarize the clinical and video EEG (VEEG) characteristics of tuberous sclerosis (TSC) with epilepsy.Methods Clinical data of 30 children with TSC who met the revised diagnostic criteria of TSC in 2012 from Jan. 2016 to May 2019 in Zhengzhou Children’s Hospital were collected, including 29 children with epileptic seizures. The characteristics of skin lesions, imaging, seizures and long-term VEEG were analyzed retrospectively.Results The mean age was (2.88 ± 2.64), 12 males and 18 females, 1 case of lumbar acid as the first symptom, 29 cases with epilepsy as the first symptom, the incidence of epilepsy is high, and the onset age is less than 1 year old; TSC can cause different degrees of cognitive impact; depigmentation or milk coffee spots are the most common skin changes in young children; TSC with infantile spasm has a high incidence; children younger than 10 years old may have lesions of other organs except nervous system lesions. However, the incidence of other organ lesions was relatively low. Most of TSC children with epilepsy were accompanied by abnormal EEG discharge.Conclusion The clinical characteristics of TSC with epileptic seizures are various, and early diagnosis is of great significance.

Citation: YIN Xiaojing, ZHANG Jun, LIU Fen, ZHU Ruiyuan, WANG Li, SONG Lifang, XU Kaili, CHEN Guohong. Clinical characteristics of 30 children with tuberous sclerosis. Journal of Epilepsy, 2020, 6(5): 416-419. doi: 10.7507/2096-0247.20200067 Copy

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