Additional overnight video EEG for the diagnosis of epilepsy: Experiences from Western Kenya.

Objective: The prolonged video EEG monitoring is widely used for the diagnosis and management of epilepsy, especially during the presurgical evaluation. The routine practice in neurology is to order a prolonged recording like an overnight EEG when the initial routine EEG is normal or unrevealing. Only few studies have evaluated this sequential approach and we aimed in this study to evaluate the added diagnostic value of a relatively brief video EEG monitoring especially in developing nations where the history of seizure semiology may be harder to obtain, and the video EEG monitoring technology is scarce.

High prevalence of cysticercosis in people with epilepsy in southern Rwanda.

Background: Neurocysticercosis (NCC), the central nervous system infection by Taenia solium larvae, is a preventable and treatable cause of epilepsy. In Sub-Saharan Africa, the role of NCC in epilepsy differs geographically and, overall, is poorly defined. We aimed at contributing specific, first data for Rwanda, assessing factors associated with NCC, and evaluating a real-time PCR assay to diagnose NCC in cerebrospinal fluid (CSF).