spasms, infantile

Preferred Label : spasms, infantile;

MeSH definition : 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);

MeSH synonym : infantile spasm; lightning attack; west syndrome; syndrome, west; attacks, lightning; infantile spasms; attack, lightning; lightning attacks;

MeSH hyponym : salaam attacks; jackknife seizures; cryptogenic infantile spasms; nodding spasm; symptomatic infantile spasms; Jackknife Seizure; Seizure, Jackknife; Seizures, Jackknife; Infantile Spasm, Symptomatic; Infantile Spasms, Symptomatic; Spasm, Symptomatic Infantile; Spasms, Symptomatic Infantile; Symptomatic Infantile Spasm; Symptomatic West Syndrome; Syndrome, Symptomatic West; West Syndrome, Symptomatic; Attacks, Salaam; Salaam Seizures; Seizures, Salaam; Cryptogenic Infantile Spasm; Infantile Spasm, Cryptogenic; Infantile Spasms, Cryptogenic; Spasm, Cryptogenic Infantile; Spasms, Cryptogenic Infantile; Cryptogenic West Syndrome; Syndrome, Cryptogenic West; West Syndrome, Cryptogenic; Nodding Spasms; Spasm, Nodding; Spasms, Nodding;

Related MeSH term : spasmus nutans; hypsarrhythmia; Hypsarrhythmias;

MeSH annotation : epileptic seizures only: do not confuse with SPASM INFANT for non-epileptic seizures in inf such as in tetany or vitamin defic; check tag INFANT or INFANT, NEWBORN; epileptic seizures only: do not confuse with SPASM INFANT for non-epileptic seizures in infants;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spasms, infantile;

Details

Origin ID

D013036;

UMLS CUI

C0037769;

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- blood [MeSH Qualifier]
- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemically induced [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- complications [MeSH Qualifier]
- congenital [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnosis [MeSH Qualifier]
- diagnostic imaging [MeSH Qualifier]
- diet therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- embryology [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- epidemiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethnology [MeSH Qualifier]
- etiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- mortality [MeSH Qualifier]
- nursing [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiopathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- prevention and control [MeSH Qualifier]
- psychology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiotherapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- rehabilitation [MeSH Qualifier]
- surgery [MeSH Qualifier]
- therapy [MeSH Qualifier]
- urine [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Cryptogenic West syndrome (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Hypsarrhythmia [HPO term]
- Hypsarrhythmia [MedDRA LLT]
- Other generalized epilepsy and epileptic syndromes [ICD-10 Sub-category]
- Other generalized epilepsy and epileptic syndromes [ICD-10 Sub-category (who)]
- Salaam's tic [MedDRA LLT]
- Spasmus nutans [ICD-11 More detail]
- Symptomatic West syndrome (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Epileptic spasm [HPO term]
- Infantile Spasm [NCIt concept]
- Infantile seizures [HPO term]
- Infantile spasm (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Infantile spasms [HPO term]
- Infantile spasms [ICD-11 Subcategory]
- Infantile spasms [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Infantile spasms [ICD-9 code]
- Infantile spasms syndrome [ORDO Disease]
- Salaam attacks [MedDRA LLT]
- Salaam spasm (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Spasmus nutans [HPO term]
- Spasmus nutans [ORDO Disease]
- Spasmus nutans [MedDRA LLT]
- Spasmus nutans (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- West Syndrome [NCIt concept]
- West syndrome [PASCAL descriptor]
- West syndrome [DO Concept]
- West syndrome (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- West's syndrome [MedDRA LLT]
- infantile spasm [Disease (Nov.)]
- spasmus nutans [SNOMED Notion]
- west syndrome [SNOMED Notion]
DO Cross reference
- West syndrome [DO Concept]
HPO term
- Epileptic spasm [HPO term]
- Hypsarrhythmia [HPO term]
- Spasmus nutans [HPO term]
Manual NTBT mappings (CISMeF)
- Infantile epilepsy syndrome [ORDO Disease]
- Rare genetic syndromic intellectual disability [ORDO Disease]
- Rare syndromic intellectual disability [ORDO Disease]
Metaterm(s)
- pediatrics [CISMeF Metaterm]
Record concept(s)
- cryptogenic infantile spasms [MeSH concept]
- hypsarrhythmia [MeSH concept]
- jackknife seizures [MeSH concept]
- nodding spasm [MeSH concept]
- salaam attacks [MeSH concept]
- spasms, infantile [MeSH concept]
- spasmus nutans [MeSH concept]
- symptomatic infantile spasms [MeSH concept]
Related MeSH Supplementary Concept(s)
- CDKL5 deficiency disorder [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- Infantile Epileptic-Dyskinetic Encephalopathy [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- PEHO syndrome [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- convulsions, benign familial infantile, 2 [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- epileptic encephalopathy, Lennox-Gastaut type [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile, 3 [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- epileptic encephalopathy, early infantile, 4 [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- microcephaly, corpus callosum dysgenesis and cleft lip-palate [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- norrie disease [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- spasm [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Infantile spasms [ICD-9 code]
- Infantile spasms [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Infantile spasms syndrome [ORDO Disease]
- West Syndrome [NCIt concept]
- West syndrome [DO Concept]
- West syndrome (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- West's syndrome [MedDRA LLT]
- infantile epileptic encephalopathy [DO Concept]
- west syndrome [SNOMED Notion]

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