Tonic seizures in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: a video-illustration of two cases.
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.
Demirbilek
Veysi
V
Division of Child Neurology, Department of Neurology, Istanbul University, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Turkey. veysi@bistek.net.tr
Benbir
Gulcin
G
Cokar
Ozlem
O
Yalcin
Destina
D
Bulut
Hicran
H
Dervent
Aysin
A
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