MAYMUNA NEUROSCIENCES TRUST

promoting neurosciences
Organizer: I H Bangash
17 Bellpit Close, Worsley, Manchester
maymuna.neurosciences@gmail.com

M28 7XH

UK

CONTINUOUS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

MARCH 2013

PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY

PEARLS & PERILS

PSEUDOSEIZURES (NON EPILEPTIC SEIZURES)
-Epileptic and non epileptic seizures often coexist in the same patient.
-Urinary incontinence is an unsatisfactory discriminating feature because it occurs in up to 20%
of patients with non epileptic seizures.
-Some frontal lobe seizures present with ictal manifestations similar to classic non epileptic
seizures eg bilateral motor activity with preserved consciousness, pelvic thrusting.
-Non epileptic seizures are real in the sense that they are the symptoms of real (psychiatric)
disease. Therapy is aimed at uncovering the underlying psychological aetiology and teaching the
child coping skills. In evaluating non epileptic seizures, always rule out physical and sexual
abuse.
-In most cases, video-EEG monitoring (where available), is necessary to diagnose non epileptic
seizures.

QUESTION 0015
What is the most common cause of congenital hydrocephalus?
A
Aqueductal stenosis
B
Chiari Type II
C
Chiari Type III
D
Communicating hydrocephalus
E
Dandy-Walker malformation
Answer is on the following page.

ANSWER 0015
The answer is A.
The most common cause of congenital hydrocephalus is aqueductal stenosis.