TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 558. Etiologies of Epilepsies
A1  - Poduri, Annapurna
A2  - Rudolph, Colin D.
A2  - Rudolph, Abraham M.
A2  - Lister, George E.
A2  - First, Lewis R.
A2  - Gershon, Anne A.
PY  - 2011
T2  - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 22e
AB  - Understanding  the  etiology  of  a  patient’s  epilepsy  may  allow  the  physician  to  provide  prognostic  information  and,  most  appropriately,  manage  the  seizures.  The  classification  system  most  widely  used  for  the  epilepsies  is  the  International  Classification  of  Epilepsies  and  Epileptic  Syndromes  set  forth  by  the  International  League  Against  Epilepsy  (ILAE)  (see  Chapter  557).  Reflecting  the  importance  of  the  cause  underlying  the  epilepsy,  this  system  delineates  3  primary  categories  of  etiological  classification:  symptomatic,  cryptogenic,  and  idiopathic.1  Symptomatic  epilepsy  refers  to  epilepsy  that  is  a  symptom  of  a  known  underlying  cause,  such  as  a  structural  brain  lesion.  Cryptogenic  epilepsy,  sometimes  called  “presumed  symptomatic”  epilepsy,  occurs  in  children  with  other  neurological  abnormalities,  suggesting  that  the  symptoms  are  referable  to  an  underlying  etiology,  albeit  occult.  Idiopathic  epilepsy  traditionally  referred  to  epilepsy  without  discernable  predisposing  cause  in  otherwise  normal  children,  but  it  has  been  increasingly  evident  that  this  category  encompasses  epilepsies  with  genetic  underpinnings.  
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