PENDEKATAN DIAGNOSIS BANGKITAN ABSANS DAN BERBAGAI SINDROM EPILEPSI DENGAN GEJALA BANGKITAN ABSANS

Andira Larasari, Donny H. Hamid

Majalah Kedokteran Neurosains
Vol 31 No. 4 September 2014

INTRODUCTION ABSENCE THAT IS IDENTICAL TO THE LAYMENS TERM OF A BLANK STARE IS THE MAIN SYMPTOM IN MANY EPILEPTIC SYNDROMES IN DAILY PRACTICE THE SYMPTOM OF A BLANK STARE CAN BE SEEN IN MANY TYPES OF FOCAL EPILEPSY SUCH AS FRONTAL LOBE AND TEMPORAL LOBE EPILEPSY KNOWN AS PSEUDO ABSENCES AND OTHER NONEPILEPTIC DISEASES SUCH AS ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER ADHD AND AUTISM THESE CONDITIONS CAN CAUSE MISDIAGNOSIS AND ALSO THERAPEUTIC ERRORS WHICH MAY WORSEN THE PATIENTS CLINICAL CONDITION AND PROGNOSIS IN THIS ARTICLE AN APPROPRIATE DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH IN MANY EPILEPTIC SYNDROMES WITH ABSENCE SEIZURE AND THEIR DIFFERENTIALS WILL BE FURTHER ELUCIDATED