Table 1.
Subject number/Gender age at last review |
Onset age of seizures Syndrome |
Clinical details | Etiology |
---|---|---|---|
1/ F 2 y4 mo |
8 mo West syndrome |
Epileptic spasms Profound GDD EEG: Hypsarrhythmia MRI: Moderate lissencephaly, gradient: posterior more severe than anterior |
Lissencephaly Miller‐Dieker 17p13.3 microdeletion |
2/ M 6 y1 mo |
7 mo West syndrome |
Spasms, focal motor seizures Profound GDD EEG: Hypsarrhythmia MRI: Moderate lissencephaly, gradient: posterior more severe than anterior, pontine hypoplasia |
Lissencephaly 17p mosaic microduplication |
3/ M 2 y6 mo |
20 mo DEE |
Unifocal seizures Regression with seizures. Surgery curative. Mild language delay EEG: Left frontotemporal IEDs MRI: Segmental focal cortical dysplasia, subependymal nodules |
Focal cortical dysplasia Genetic testing not done |
4/ F 4 y4 mo |
2 wk DEE |
Focal tonic, FIAS Plateau with seizures. Mild language delay. EEG: Multifocal IEDs. MRI: Multifocal tubers. |
Tuberous sclerosis complex Genetic testing not done |
5/ F 4 y1 mo |
5 mo West syndrome |
Spasms, Focal motor seizures Hemiplegia, regression with spasms EEG: Hypsarrhythmia; unifocal centro‐temporal spike IEDs MRI: Antenatal venous infarction with multicystic encephalomalacia |
Antenatal clastic vascular Genetic testing not done |
6/ F 2 y3 mo |
3 d EIMFS |
Focal seizures, migrating focal seizures Mild GDD EEG: Ictal rhythms migrating between hemispheres; 6 mo & 13 mo normal MRI: Normal |
KCNQ2
c.637C>T p.Arg213Trpa de novo Pathogenicb |
7/ F 2 y1 mo |
2 mo West syndrome |
Focal tonic seizures, spasms, multifocal myoclonia Acquired microcephaly, dyskinesia, profound GDD EEG: Hypsarrhythmia; multifocal discharges MRI: Acquired moderate cerebral atrophy |
KCNQ2
c.593G>A p.Arg198Glna de novo Pathogenicb |
8/ M 19 mo |
4 wk DEE |
Tonic‐clonic seizures, focal tonic seizures Severe GDD EEG: Bilateral occipital IEDs MRI: Hypoplastic corpus callosum |
ARX
c.1449‐1 G>C p.Leu484*c Pathogenicb |
9/ F 5 y4 mo |
6 mo DEE |
Tonic‐clonic seizures, FBTC Language delay EEG: 11 mo‐Ictal rhythm midline to frontocentral regions; 2 y1 mo‐GSW, PSW MRI: Normal |
SCN8A
c. 5009T>G p.Met1670Argc Uncertain significanceb (de novo status unproven) |
10/ F 5 y10 mo |
6 mo DEE |
Absence with eyelid myoclonia, absence, eyelid myoclonia, myoclonic jerks, tonic‐clonic seizures, NCSE Profound GDD, visual impairment EEG: Marked photosensitivity, 3‐4Hz GSW, PSW, myoclonic‐atonic seizure MRI: Normal |
DHDDS
c.632G>A p.Arg211Glna de novo Pathogenicb |
11/ M deceased 17 d |
5 d EME |
Myoclonic jerks Decreased activity, poor feeding, jitteriness EEG: Burst suppression MRI: Normal |
GABRB2
c.851C>A p.Thr284Lysc de novo Likely pathogenicb |
12/ F 8 y3 mo |
7 mo DEE |
Febrile seizures, vibratory tonic seizures, tonic‐clonic seizures, absence Profound GDD, hypotonia, truncal ataxia, ambulating with walker at 4 y EEG: GSW, multifocal discharges, PSW MRI: Normal, no cerebellar atrophy |
CACNA1G
c.2727G>C p.Leu909Phec Likely pathogenic (gain of function in vitro [unpublished]; de novo status unproven)b |
13/ F 4 y7 mo |
5 mo West syndrome |
Spasms Remission at 8 mo, severe ID and GDD, seizure free without medication EEG: Hypsarrhythmia MRI: Normal |
SNAP25
c. 526C>T p.Arg176Cysc Uncertain significanceb (de novo status unproven) |
14/ F 4 y10 mo |
13 mo DEE |
Myoclonic jerks; Focal motor seizures at 2 y Hypotonia, delayed visual maturation, severe ID and GDD EEG: Multifocal discharges, normal at 23 mo MRI: Normal |
Unknown Candidate gene: FAT1 c.8626G>C p.Asp2876Hisc c.7655A>G p.Glu2552Glyc Uncertain significanceb |
15/ M 4 y6 mo |
9 mo West syndrome |
Spasms Developmental plateau with spasms EEG: Hypsarrhythmia MRI: Normal |
Unknown |
16/ F 6 y9 mo |
10 mo DEE |
Focal tonic seizures, tonic‐clonic seizures, FIAS Specific learning difficulties EEG: 15 mo‐normal; 21 mo‐occipital ictal rhythm; 22 mo‐occipital IEDs; 4 y‐normal MRI: Normal |
Unknown |
Abbreviations: BS, burst suppression; DEE, developmental and epileptic encephalopathy; EIMFS, epilepsy of infancy with migrating focal seizures; EME, early myoclonic encephalopathy; FBTC, focal to bilateral tonic‐clonic seizure; FIAS, focal impaired awareness seizure; GDD, global developmental delay; GSW, generalized spike‐wave; ID, intellectual disability; IEDs, interictal epileptiform discharges; MFDs, multifocal discharges; NCSE, nonconvulsive status epilepticus; PSW, polyspike‐wave.
previously published variant.
ACMG classification.
Novel variant.