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P Drigo

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[Finding of focal heterotopy with magnetic resonance. Description of a case associated with late onset epilepsy].

A case of late onset focal epilepsy in a mentally and neurologically normal girl in which the MRI showed a focal heterotopia is presented. The efficacy of this new procedure in detecting migratory disorders is discussed and the scanty literature reviewed. This case suggests that in the future more cases of epilepsy previously classified as "cryptogenetic" will be demonstrated as secondary to developmental abnormalities.

Brain↗
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[Rett syndrome: clinical aspects and EEG for an early diagnostic assessment].

Clinical and EEG findings have been analysed in six patients with Rett syndrome with a mean follow-up of 3 years and 9 months. After reviewing the diagnostic criteria for inclusion, which are essentially clinical, we emphasize two aspects which have been shortly considered in the literature: a) epileptic seizures, b) peculiar differential characteristics between primary autism and the Rett syndrome behaviour. Moreover, we underline the importance of serial EEG poligraphic records for early diagnosis.

Autistic Disorder↗
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[Torticollis and neck tumors: presentation of a case].

Stiff neck in children is a quite frequent sign of various pathological processes, not always benign in nature. Here is referred the case of a extradural cervical tumor in which stiff neck, associated with nucal rigidity, was for a long time the only symptom of the underlying process. The association of cervical tumor with stiff neck as the only longlasting initial symptom has only sporadically been reported. The authors analyse the various causes of stiff neck from the clinical and anatomo-pathological viewpoints, including age of patient at onset.

Child, Preschool↗
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[Ischemic cerebrovascular accidents in childhood. Problems of neuroradiological diagnosis].

The authors present 19 cases of stroke with subsequent hemiplegia in children from 5 months to 15 years of age. These cases are not strictly correlated with haematologic alterations. The aetiopathogenesis remains uncertain in the most of patients, in which predisposing causes are absent and angiographic pictures do not demonstrate anatomical lesions or occlusions of cerebral vessels. In our series, cerebral angiography was performed in 16 children and showed vascular alterations only in 6 cases. CT scan some time after the acute hemiplegia, demonstrated low-density areas in 12 cases over 17 examined, with the characteristic evolution of ischemic lesions.

Adolescent↗
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[Benign intracranial hypertension in infants].

B.I.H. or Pseudotumor is rare in children particularly under the first year of age. In addition, the syndrome at this age presents some peculiarities as compared with the adult form. This report describes the authors' experience with patients aged 4 to 12 months. Bulging fontanelle was the presenting symptom in all. Papilledema, strabismus, were present only in 1 case and vomiting in 4. Treatment was limited to lumbar puncture which was initially performed to rule out an acute CSN inflammatory process. In 8 patients the syndrome was precipitated by medications (sulfenazone - nalidixic acid); 3 had a prior history of 3 days of fever and roseola infantum, in 2 cases precipitanting factors were not found. Since the prompt remission of the intracranial hypertension (24 to 96 hours) neuroradiological investigations were not performed.

Age Factors↗
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[Epidemiology of cerebral palsy in children].

Cerebral palsy is not a simple clinical or even aetiological entity, nevertheless is a chronic disability characterized by aberrant control of movement or posture appearing early in life. As for as incidence and prevalence studies are concerned, comparison of studies of age--specific prevalence rates is made difficult by differences in definition, methods and parameters used for medical evaluation. The epidemiology of CP is very important in the defining the entity of the problem, the need for facilities and services. The need for a current and perhaps continuing national statistical survey of the incidence and prevalence of CP is stressed.

Adolescent↗
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[Value and limits of C.T. scan in neurologics diseases in infancy and childhood (author's transl)].

The results obtained in 151 children who underwent C.T. scan at the Pediatric Department of the University of Padova are reported. The high incidence of negative or aspecific results in the cases of static encephalopathy, in primary generalized epilepsy and in acute diffuse cerebral infectious process is emphasized. C.T. confirmed its high diagnostic value in tuberous sclerosis and cerebral abscess. While non providing the precise diagnosis it may be helpful in some demyelinating diseases. In secondary generalized epilepsy and in partial epilepsy C.T. scan may suggest the prognosis and a possible surgical approach. On the basis of these results and of other published reports a greater selectivity in the use of C.T. is strongly recommended.

Atrophy↗