Fronto-polar epilepsy masquerading as juvenile myoclonic epilepsy
Tóm tắt
A woman diagnosed with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy for over 30 years presented with stereotyped episodes of abnormal sensations in both arms. Continuous video-EEG monitoring for 14 days and MRI brain revealed that the patient’s somatosensory events with associated postictal aphasia, as well as her myoclonic and generalised tonic-clonic seizures, were likelydueto a symptomatic left fronto-polar epilepsy.Ourcaseemphasizes the need for clinicians to consider fronto-polar epilepsy as a potential cause of myoclonic seizures, particularly when associated with other semiologic features suggestive of frontal lobe epilepsy.
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