[Progressive myoclonic epilepsy type Lafora].
Lafora's disease is a form of progressive myoclonic epilepsy characterized by seizures, myoclonus and dementia. We present the case of a 12-year-old girl who is complaining of epilepsy and myoclonic jerks starting a year ago, with deterioration of school performance, and abnormal EEG. The axillary skin biopsy showed PAS-positive inclusions in the cells of sweat glands, typical of Lafora's disease.
Service de Neurologie, Hôtel-Dieu de France, Beyrouth, Liban.
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D001365:Axilla; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D020192:Lafora Disease / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D012867:Skin / Q000473:pathology*