Epileptic Disorders
MENUIs benign myoclonic epilepsy of infancy truly idiopathic and generalized? Volume 11, issue 2, June 2009
Authors
Christian M Korff, Pierre Jallon, Agustina Lascano, Christoph Michel, Margitta Seeck, Charles-Antoine Haenggeli
Pediatric Neurology, Pediatric Subspecialties Service, Child and Adolescent Department, Electroencephalography and Epileptology Unit, Neurology Service, Neurosciences Department, University Hospital, Geneva, Brain Mapping Laboratory, Fundamental Neurosciences Department, University Medical Center, Geneva, Switzerland
- Key words: benign myoclonic epilepsy, infancy, reflex seizures, classification
- DOI : 10.1684/epd.2009.0256
- Page(s) : 132-5
- Published in: 2009
Benign myoclonic epilepsy of infancy is recognized as a generalized and idiopathic epilepsy by the International League Against Epilepsy. Unprovoked and reflex seizures have been reported in these patients. We describe a child diagnosed with benign myoclonic epilepsy of infancy, whose strictly unilateral and localized reflex myoclonias broaden the clinical spectrum of this idiopathic and generalized epileptic syndrome, and raise interrogations about its underlying pathophysiological mechanisms. [Published with video sequences]