Epileptic Disorders
MENURecurrence of childhood absence epilepsy as pyknolepsy in adolescence Volume 13, numéro 3, Septembre 2011
Auteurs
Saul R. Korey Department of Neurology and Montefiore/Einstein Epilepsy Management Center, Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Dominick P. Purpura Department Neuroscience, Bronx, New York
- Mots-clés : childhood absence epilepsy, recurrence, pyknolepsy, adolescence
- DOI : 10.1684/epd.2011.0447
- Page(s) : 313-6
- Année de parution : 2011
A developmentally normal adolescent boy with a history of childhood absence epilepsy presented with recurrence of pyknolepsy after a seven-year period of remission. The characteristics of his EEG showed the same 3-Hz generalised spike-wave discharge as in his previous EEG in childhood. To our knowledge, this is the first case report describing recurrence of childhood absence epilepsy as pyknolepsy in an adolescent. [Published with video sequences]