Epilepsies after Pocket Monster seizures.

Background: We conducted a 5-year follow-up study in patients with a seizure induced by animated cartoon "Pocket Monster."

Methods: A recurrence of seizures was observed in 25 of 91 patients with a Pocket Monster seizure. The patients were divided into two groups: Epilepsy group of 12 patients with a history of epilepsy and Nonepilepsy group of 13 patients without a history of epilepsy.

A case of infantile Alexander disease with a milder phenotype and a novel GFAP mutation, L90P.

Alexander disease is a leukoencephalopathy that usually presents during infancy with developmental delay, macrocephaly and seizures. Several sequencing analyses have identified mutations in the gene encoding glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) of patients with Alexander disease. We described a girl who developed seizures in infancy with atypical CT findings and in whom a novel heterozygous mutation, L90P (283T --> C), was detected in exon 1 of the GFAP gene.

A case of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis preceded by epileptic seizures: evolutional EEG changes.

We reported a patient with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) in whom EEG had been serially performed before the onset. She was referred to our hospital due to epileptic seizures at 2 years of age. Focal spikes were seen on EEG at the time of her first seizure (2 years 4 months).

Cardio-facio-cutaneous syndrome and moyamoya syndrome.

We reported a patient with cardio-facio-cutaneous (CFC) syndrome associated with moyamoya syndrome. The patient was referred at 6 years 5 months with left hemiplegia and right-sided eye deviation. He had an apparently short stature, macrocephaly, left ptosis and atopic skin, and was odd looking.