Episodic vomiting and headache in children: consider occipital epilepsy.
Children with occipital seizures often have ictal autonomic symptoms such as pallor and vomiting and lack motor manifestations. This has lead to misdiagnosis of occipital seizures in children. The following case report highlights the clinical features of a child with occipital epilepsy misdiagnosed as having migraine. The aetiology of symptomatic occipital epilepsy will be discussed.
Lope
Raja Juanita Raja
RJ
Department of Paediatrics, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Yaacob Latif, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. juanita@ppukm.ukm.my
Wong
Sau Wei
SW
Wu
Loo Ling
LL
D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D014839:Vomiting / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology