Catalog

Hemiconvulsion-hemiplegia epilepsy syndrome

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Link to WHO Definition

Hemiconvulsion-hemiplegia epilepsy syndrome – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/677418627

Epilepsy syndrome occurring in a previously normal child, usually before the age of 4 years, with onset as a unique episode of clonic status epilepticus with marked unilateral predominance, usually at the presence of fever, accompanied by autonomic symptoms and followed by hemiplegia. Focal or multifocal seizures follow after a free interval. Neuroimaging will detect cerebral hemiatrophy.