Epileptic Disorders
MENUAbsence seizures with myoclonic features in a juvenile Chihuahua dog Volume 12, numéro 2, June 2010
Auteurs
Dept. of Clinical Studies, Ontario Veterinary College, University of Guelph, Division of Neurology, Department of Paediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Canada
- Mots-clés : canine, myoclonic absence epilepsy, video-EEG, seizures
- DOI : 10.1684/epd.2010.0312
- Page(s) : 138-41
- Année de parution : 2010
Long-term video-EEG was recorded for an eight-month-old Chihuahua dog with recurrent episodes of altered behaviour associated with head and nose twitching. Each episode lasted one to two seconds, multiple times per day before treatment. Ictal EEG showed generalised bilaterally synchronous 4 Hz spike-and-wave complexes during the “absence-like” event, along with rhythmically correlated head and nose twitching. We present video documentation of such attacks and discuss their similarities to human epilepsy with myoclonic absences. [Published with video sequences]