TY - JOUR
T1 - Lateralized Periodic Discharges
T2 - Which patterns are interictal, ictal, or peri-ictal?
AU - Gelisse, Philippe
AU - Crespel, Arielle
AU - Genton, Pierre
AU - Jallon, Pierre
AU - Kaplan, Peter W.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology
PY - 2021/7
Y1 - 2021/7
N2 - There is an ongoing debate if Lateralized Periodic Discharges (LPDs) represent an interictal pattern reflecting non-specific but irritative brain injury, or conversely, is an ictal pattern. The challenge is: how to correctly manage these patients? Between this apparent dichotomous distinction, there is a pattern lying along the interictal-ictal continuum (IIC) that we may call “peri-ictal”. Peri-ictal means that LPDs are temporally associated with epileptic seizures (although not necessarily in the same recording). Their recognition should lead to careful EEG monitoring and longer periods of video-EEG to detect seizure activity (clinical and/or subclinical seizures). In order to distinguish which kind of LPDs should be considered as representing interictal/irritative brain injury versus ictal/peri-ictal LPDs, a set of criteria, with both clinical/neuroimaging and EEG, is proposed. Among them, the dichotomy LPDs-proper versus LPDs-plus should be retained. Spiky or sharp LPDs followed by associated slow after-waves or periods of flattening giving rise to a triphasic morphology should be included in the definition of LPDs-plus. We propose defining a particular subtype of LPDs-plus that we call “LPDs-max”. The LPDs-max pattern corresponds to an ictal pattern, and therefore, a focal non-convulsive status epilepticus, sometimes associated with subtle motor signs and epileptic seizures. LPDs-max include periodic polyspike-wave activity and/or focal burst-suppression-like patterns. LPDs-max have a posterior predominance over the temporo-parieto-occipital regions and are refractory to antiseizure drugs. Interpretations of EEGs in critically ill patients require a global clinical approach, not limited to the EEG patterns. The clinical context and results of neuroimaging play key roles.
AB - There is an ongoing debate if Lateralized Periodic Discharges (LPDs) represent an interictal pattern reflecting non-specific but irritative brain injury, or conversely, is an ictal pattern. The challenge is: how to correctly manage these patients? Between this apparent dichotomous distinction, there is a pattern lying along the interictal-ictal continuum (IIC) that we may call “peri-ictal”. Peri-ictal means that LPDs are temporally associated with epileptic seizures (although not necessarily in the same recording). Their recognition should lead to careful EEG monitoring and longer periods of video-EEG to detect seizure activity (clinical and/or subclinical seizures). In order to distinguish which kind of LPDs should be considered as representing interictal/irritative brain injury versus ictal/peri-ictal LPDs, a set of criteria, with both clinical/neuroimaging and EEG, is proposed. Among them, the dichotomy LPDs-proper versus LPDs-plus should be retained. Spiky or sharp LPDs followed by associated slow after-waves or periods of flattening giving rise to a triphasic morphology should be included in the definition of LPDs-plus. We propose defining a particular subtype of LPDs-plus that we call “LPDs-max”. The LPDs-max pattern corresponds to an ictal pattern, and therefore, a focal non-convulsive status epilepticus, sometimes associated with subtle motor signs and epileptic seizures. LPDs-max include periodic polyspike-wave activity and/or focal burst-suppression-like patterns. LPDs-max have a posterior predominance over the temporo-parieto-occipital regions and are refractory to antiseizure drugs. Interpretations of EEGs in critically ill patients require a global clinical approach, not limited to the EEG patterns. The clinical context and results of neuroimaging play key roles.
KW - Interictal-ictal continuum
KW - Lateralized Periodic Discharges
KW - Neuroimaging correlation
KW - Seizures
KW - Status epilepticus
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U2 - 10.1016/j.clinph.2021.04.003
DO - 10.1016/j.clinph.2021.04.003
M3 - Review article
C2 - 34034086
AN - SCOPUS:85106978447
SN - 1388-2457
VL - 132
SP - 1593
EP - 1603
JO - Clinical Neurophysiology
JF - Clinical Neurophysiology
IS - 7
ER -