title: Tonic seizures in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: a video-illustration of two cases.
abstract: Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is a progressive disorder which also presents with various types of seizures, mainly myoclonic jerks, atonic attacks and tonic-clonic seizures. We report two cases, documented by video-EEG that during the course of the disease also presented with tonic seizures. The differential diagnosis of non-epileptic paroxysmal events might prove to be a problem.
authors.affiliation: Division of Child Neurology, Department of Neurology, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Turkey. veysi@bistek.net.tr
authors.forename: Veysi
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Demirbilek
authors.forename: Gulcin
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Benbir
authors.forename: Ozlem
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Cokar
authors.forename: Destina
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Yalcin
authors.forename: Hicran
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bulut
authors.forename: Aysin
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dervent
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology*; D013344:Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014741:Video Recording