title: Neurocardiogenic syncope in a 10-year-old boy.
abstract: We present a case with a suspected epileptic disorder. This may be a result of a neurocardiogenic syncope leading to seizures. A 10-year-old boy suffered two episodes of sudden loss of consciousness after getting injections. Electrocardiography (ECG) and electroencephalography recordings during a venipuncture showed asystole of 6 seconds followed by a generalized seizure with clonic jerks of the right arm and leg while theta waves in the EEG were noted. Tilt-table testing could not provoke a pathological reaction.
authors.affiliation: Children's Hospital, University of Leipzig, Oststrasse 21-25, 04317 Leipzig, Germany.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Galler
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lietz
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Siekmeyer
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000175:diagnosis; D006323:Heart Arrest / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018962:Phlebotomy; D019462:Syncope, Vasovagal / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013826:Theta Rhythm; D018667:Tilt-Table Test; D014611:Vaccination