EEG and neuroimaging in developmentally normal children with afebrile seizures

Seizure is one of the common manifestations of various diseases in children and it is also an important cause of morbidity and mortality in childhood. Though there are lots of investigations, EEG and Neuroimaging (CT/MRI) are the main modalities to investigate children presenting with seizures of varied etiology.Proper diagnosis and management helps in improving the every day life of children with seizures. Among 128 children in the study 108(84.4%) had an abnormal EEG, 29 (22.7%) out of 128 had abnormal neuroimaging. 2. The most common EEG abnormality was Bilateral Generalized epileptiform activity, which was seen in 43.7% of children, and Gliosis was most common neuroimaging abnormality, which was seen in 27% of children. 3. The incidence of getting abnormal neuroimaging is similar in both focal and generalized seizures. 4. For seizure control 82.5% of children with abnormal EEG required only one Antiepileptic drug