Serum zinc level in patients with simple febrile seizure

To evaluate the serum zinc level of the patients with simple febrile seizure and compare them with febrile children without seizure. This prospective case - control study was performed on 60 patients aged 6 months to 6 years from Apr. 2009 to Jan.2010 in Ghaem, Imam Reza and Dr. Sheikh Hospitals in Mashhad. The serum zinc level was assessed and compared between the cases [30 individuals who suffered from simple febrile seizure] and the controls [30 individuals who had fever without seizure]. Mean serum zinc level was 663.7 micro/l and 758.33 micro/l in the case group and the control group, respectively [P<0.001]. It was revealed that the serum level of zinc was significantly lower in children with simple febrile seizure in comparison with febrile children without seizure

Proteus syndrome: a case report

Proteus Syndrome is an extremely rare, sporadic and progressive disorder. We describe a four-month-old male baby with central nervous system manifestations in this article. A four-month-old boy was admitted into our hospital with three tonic- clonic generalized seizure attacks which started from the day before admission. Each seizure attack lasted less than 10 minutes and the baby was well between attacks. No fever was detected. On physical examination, abnormal facial features, macrocrania, a wide nasal bridge, overgrowth of the right lower limb, macrodactyly in the third left toe, epidermal nevus on the left side of the abdomen and skin vascular abnormalities were detected. His developmental status was normal. Brain Magnetic Resonance Imaging [MRI] revealed left sided hemihypertrophy, ventricle enlargement and macrocrania on the same side