Medicinski arhiv · 2010
Outcome of patients with infantile spasms.
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Zubcevic Smail, Tanovic Selma, Catibusic Feriha, Uzicanin Sajra, Smajic Lejla, Varatanovic Ajsela, Cengic Adisa
Аннотация
PURPOSE: To assess outcome of children diagnosed with infantile spasms (IS) during the six-year-period (2002-20006), at the Pediatric Clinic of Clinical Center of University of Sarajevo, as well as to present other important clinical characteristics in this group of patients.
METHODS: All patients had medical histories with detailed description orvideo recordings of their seizures, as well as profound neurological exam, series of video-EEG registrations, neuroimaging studies and laboratory studies that were possible to perform.
RESULTS: Total of 19 patients with IS were treated (14 male, 5 female). Etiologically symptomatic IS were present in 78.9% of cases, cryptogenic in 21.1%. Flexor and mixed spasms were the most common (47.4% and 31.6% respectively). Therapeutic response was satisfactory: 42.1% of patients were seizure-free, 47.4% had partial response with more than 50% decrease of seizures, 10.5% had poor therapeutic response. Most of the patients were treated with polytherapy. The follow-up period was 15-70 months (mean 42.5 months). At last check-up four patients had normal development and were without seizures, two were lost to follow-up, two patients have died (21.4%, 10.5% and 10.5% respectively). Out of remaining patients seven (36.8% of total) had a severe psychomotor retardation with spastic tetraparesis, while the rest had hemiparesis and developmental difficulties.
DISCUSSION: Treatment of infantile spasms presents a great challenge, especially in the developing countries like Bosnia and Herzegovina in which the treatment modalities are limited. Our results indicate that despite the lack of the proper treatment options, outcome of the patients regarding control of seizures and latter psychomotor development did not differ significantly from the reports from the other countries.
CONCLUSION: Although prognosis for most patients with infantile spasms remains poor, further studies identifying predictors of favorable prognosis and recent advances in understanding the pathophysiology of infantile spasms offer hope of safer and more-effective therapies that improve long-term outcome.
METHODS: All patients had medical histories with detailed description orvideo recordings of their seizures, as well as profound neurological exam, series of video-EEG registrations, neuroimaging studies and laboratory studies that were possible to perform.
RESULTS: Total of 19 patients with IS were treated (14 male, 5 female). Etiologically symptomatic IS were present in 78.9% of cases, cryptogenic in 21.1%. Flexor and mixed spasms were the most common (47.4% and 31.6% respectively). Therapeutic response was satisfactory: 42.1% of patients were seizure-free, 47.4% had partial response with more than 50% decrease of seizures, 10.5% had poor therapeutic response. Most of the patients were treated with polytherapy. The follow-up period was 15-70 months (mean 42.5 months). At last check-up four patients had normal development and were without seizures, two were lost to follow-up, two patients have died (21.4%, 10.5% and 10.5% respectively). Out of remaining patients seven (36.8% of total) had a severe psychomotor retardation with spastic tetraparesis, while the rest had hemiparesis and developmental difficulties.
DISCUSSION: Treatment of infantile spasms presents a great challenge, especially in the developing countries like Bosnia and Herzegovina in which the treatment modalities are limited. Our results indicate that despite the lack of the proper treatment options, outcome of the patients regarding control of seizures and latter psychomotor development did not differ significantly from the reports from the other countries.
CONCLUSION: Although prognosis for most patients with infantile spasms remains poor, further studies identifying predictors of favorable prognosis and recent advances in understanding the pathophysiology of infantile spasms offer hope of safer and more-effective therapies that improve long-term outcome.