title: Circling seizures in a case of juvenile myoclonic epilepsy.
abstract: Circling seizures (CS) have been described in association with focal lesions as well as with generalized EEG discharges. We report 1 patient with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) who developed CS. There were no focal findings on clinical examination, EEG, or imaging studies. We propose that CS in this patient may represent a profound asymmetry in expression of an idiopathic generalized epilepsy rather than a partial condition.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27157.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Lancman
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Asconapé
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Golimstok
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001332:Automatism / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality / Q000502:physiology; D006801:Humans; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology