TITLE:
Learning Disorder Secondary Epilepsy: A Case Report
AUTHORS:
A.R. de Albuquerque Sarmento Omena, José Cláudio da Silva, Camila Maria Beder Ribeiro, Euclides Maurício Trindade Filho, Terezinha Rocha Almeida
KEYWORDS:
Epilepsy, Learning Disorder, Cognitive Functions
JOURNAL NAME:
World Journal of Neuroscience,
Vol.6 No.4,
November
11,
2016
ABSTRACT: Introduction: Epilepsy is
a syndrome characterized by the presence of seizures that can affect the
cognitive performance of the individual. Neuropsychology has studied the
idiopathic epilepsies to understand if the behavioral and cognitive impairments are associated with
electrical discharges in the brain, and not with an injury itself. Objective:
To identify cognitive impairments of a child with epilepsy associated with diagnosis of learning disorder.
Method: The sample consists of a child diagnosed with epilepsy, nine years old,
from Maceió-AL. The
methodology applied is a qualitative and descriptive study of a case report. Neuropsychological tests are applied for that purpose. Results: The results of the tests show
cognitive deficits, impaired attention, memory and slowness of
reasoning. Conclusion: Despite the results, it cannot be said in this case that
epilepsy was the only factor that triggered the learning disorder, because the child
had related comorbidities.