Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy in Childhood: A Report of Two Cases

Shinichiro Morıchı; Yoshiaki Okuma; Tomomi Urabe; Tomoko Mori; Mika Takeshita; Natsumi Morishita; Yu Ishida; Shingo Oana; Gaku Yamanaka; Hisashi Kawashima

doi:10.1055/s-0038-1629914

Journal of Pediatric Epilepsy, Table of Contents

Journal of Pediatric Epilepsy 2018; 07(01): 024-026
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1629914

Case Report

Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York

Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy in Childhood: A Report of Two Cases

Shinichiro Morıchı

¹Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

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Yoshiaki Okuma

²Department of Pediatrics, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

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Tomomi Urabe

¹Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

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Tomoko Mori

¹Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

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Mika Takeshita

¹Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

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Natsumi Morishita

¹Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

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Yu Ishida

¹Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

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Shingo Oana

¹Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

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Gaku Yamanaka

¹Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

,

Hisashi Kawashima

¹Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

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Abstract

Sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP) occurs in 1 in 4,500 children, and this incidence is more than 20 times that of sudden death in the general population. We report two cases of SUDEP and a review of the literature. There are various hypotheses regarding the cause of this event, but investigation and research are difficult due to the small number of autopsy cases. The risk of SUDEP may be reduced by the accumulation of cases in the future.

Keywords

sudden unexpected death in epilepsy - epilepsy - pediatrics

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