title: Galactosemia and phantom absence seizures.
abstract: Generalized and focal seizures can rarely be seen in galactosemia patients, but absence seizures were not reported previously. An 18-year-old male was diagnosed as galactosemia at the age of 8 months. No family history of epilepsy was present. His absence seizures realized at the age of 9 years. Generalized 3-4 Hz spike-wave discharges were identified in his electroencephalography. Homozygous mutation at exon 6 c. 563A > G was identified. The electroencephalogram of his sibling was unremarkable. Our aim was to present the long-term follow-up of a patient diagnosed with galactosemia, who had phantom absence seizures and typical 3-4 Hz spike-wave discharges in his electroencephalogram to draw attention to this rare association.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey ; Department of Neurology, Memorial Ataşehir Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zeynep
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Aydin-Özemir
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Pınar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Tektürk
authors.affiliation: Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Zehra Oya
authors.initials: ZO
authors.lastname: Uyguner
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Clinical Neurophysiology, Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.
authors.forename: Betül
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Baykan
keywords: absence seizures; galactose-1-phosphate uridyl transferase enzyme deficiency; galactosemia