Spasms, Infantile

Synonyms

Attack, Lightning

Attacks, Lightning

Attacks, Salaam

Cryptogenic Infantile Spasm

Cryptogenic Infantile Spasms

Cryptogenic West Syndrome

Hypsarrhythmia

Hypsarrhythmias

Infantile Spasm

Infantile Spasm, Cryptogenic

Infantile Spasm, Symptomatic

Infantile Spasms

Infantile Spasms, Cryptogenic

Infantile Spasms, Symptomatic

Jackknife Seizure

Jackknife Seizures

Lightning Attack

Lightning Attacks

Nodding Spasm

Nodding Spasms

Salaam Attacks

Salaam Seizures

Seizure, Jackknife

Seizures, Jackknife

Seizures, Salaam

Spasm, Cryptogenic Infantile

Spasm, Nodding

Spasm, Symptomatic Infantile

Spasms, Cryptogenic Infantile

Spasms, Nodding

Spasms, Symptomatic Infantile

Spasmus Nutans

Symptomatic Infantile Spasm

Symptomatic Infantile Spasms

Symptomatic West Syndrome

Syndrome, Cryptogenic West

Syndrome, Symptomatic West

Syndrome, West

West Syndrome

West Syndrome, Cryptogenic

West Syndrome, Symptomatic

An epileptic syndrome characterized by the triad of infantile spasms, hypsarrhythmia, and arrest of psychomotor development at seizure onset. The majority present between 3-12 months of age, with spasms consisting of combinations of brief flexor or extensor movements of the head, trunk, and limbs. The condition is divided into two forms: cryptogenic (idiopathic) and symptomatic (secondary to a known disease process such as intrauterine infections; nervous system abnormalities; BRAIN DISEASES, METABOLIC, INBORN; prematurity; perinatal asphyxia; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; etc.). (From Menkes, Textbook of Child Neurology, 5th ed, pp744-8)