ISSN:
1817-1745
Journal Name:
Journal of Pediatric Neurosciences
Volume:
9
Issue:
1
Pages From:
63
To:
65
Date:
Tuesday, April 1, 2014
Keywords:
Absence seizure, demyelinating, leukodystrophy, white matter
Abstract:
Leukoencephalopathy refers to any disease of the white matter including hereditary as well as acquired and toxic causes. Inherited leukodystrophies are diseases of myelin including abnormal myelin development, hypomyelination, or degeneration of myelin. We report a 6-year old female who presented with absence seizure at the age of 4 years. Cerebral magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain showed bilateral periventricular confluent high signal intensity. The seizure responded to anticonvulsant therapy, and the clinical course was characterized by normal development and neurological examination.