ABSTRACT
Fever-induced refractory epileptic encephalopathy of school-age children is a rare epileptic syndrome that causes difficulties in diagnosis at the initial stage of disease. It is characterized by sudden onset with multifocal refractory status epilepticus in previously healthy children with normal development. Later, children suffer from resistant focal epilepsy in the combination with cognitive deficit and behavioral difficulties. Authors describe a clinical case of fever-induced refractory epileptic encephalopathy of school-age children in a child of 7 years old. Aspects of etiology, pathogenesis, clinical manifestation, differential diagnosis, treatment and prognosis of the disease are discussed.
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Fever/complications , Status Epilepticus/diagnosis , Child , Cognition Disorders/diagnosis , Cognition Disorders/etiology , Cognition Disorders/physiopathology , Diagnosis, Differential , Electroencephalography , Fever/diagnosis , Follow-Up Studies , Humans , Magnetic Resonance Imaging , Male , Status Epilepticus/etiology , Status Epilepticus/physiopathologyABSTRACT
Occupational exposure to vapours, gases and aerosols promotes increase of renal diseases incidence. Wider use of anamnestic data is recommended during preliminary and regular check-ups of this population.
