[Significance of EEG findings in craniosynostosis]

Literature of the topic is reviewed and own findings of 80 patients with turricephaly and 38 with dolichocephaly are exhibited. Striking was the increased frequency of spike potentials, 8,8 resp. 16% (SW 5%). Genetical connection between causes of premature synostosis and increased associated epilepsy resp. spike potentials is supposed. In cases of craniosynostosis associated with epileptic fits the EEG remains further irreplaceable, moreover it is useful in the assessment of cerebral functioning prior to surgical intervention.