title: [Absence status with unilateral EEG predominance (apropos of a personal case report)].
abstract: The authors describe a 33-year-old woman who, from the age of 15 years, presented many generalized epileptic seizures per year starting with right-sided adversion or gyration, several times per month long absences and occasional absence status lasting up to 3 days. In this patient, the hyperpnoea provoked a clinically typical absence status with 3 c/sec rhythmic continuous spike-and-wave discharges which were more evident on the left frontal regions of the scalp. This electro-clinical picture is compared to similar cases described in the literature and its nosological specificity is discussed.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology
vernacular_title: Etat d'absence à predominance EEG unilaterale (à propos d'une observation privilegiée).