title: Recurrent autonomic status epilepticus in Panayiotopoulos syndrome: video/EEG studies.
abstract: We describe a neurologically and developmentally normal child with infrequent seizures characterized by emetic symptoms and other autonomic phenomena and interictal spikes that satisfy the diagnostic criteria of Panayiotopoulos syndrome (PS). Two video/EEG recordings, taken a year apart, revealed prolonged autonomic seizures and other subtle behavioral changes, suggesting that episodes of nonconvulsive status epilepticus in PS may be more frequent than appreciated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Neurophysiology and Epilepsies, St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1 7EH, UK. michael.koutroumanidis@gstt.sthames.nhs.uk
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Koutroumanidis
authors.forename: Shaun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rowlinson
authors.forename: Sue
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sanders
mesh_terms: D001341:Autonomic Nervous System / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000150:complications*; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D013577:Syndrome; D014743:Videotape Recording; D014839:Vomiting