Tonic seizures in subacute sclerosing panencephalitis: a video-illustration of two cases.

Demirbilek V., Benbir G., Cokar O., Yalcin D., Bulut H., Dervent A.

Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape, cilt.7, sa.3, ss.221-5, 2005 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Özet

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is a progressive disorder which also presents with various types of seizures, mainly myoclonic jerks, atonic attacks and tonic-clonic seizures. We report two cases, documented by video-EEG that during the course of the disease also presented with tonic seizures. The differential diagnosis of non-epileptic paroxysmal events might prove to be a problem.

Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis is a progressive disorder which also presents with various types of seizures, mainly myoclonic jerks, atonic attacks and tonic-clonic seizures. We report two cases, documented by video-EEG that during the course of the disease also presented with tonic seizures. The differential diagnosis of non-epileptic paroxysmal events might prove to be a problem.