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Occipital epilepsy versus progressive myoclonic epilepsy in a patient with continuous occipital spikes and photosensitivity in electroencephalogram: A case report.
Medicine - 1 Apr 2018
Lv Yudan, Zhang Nan, Liu Chang, Shi Mingchao, Sun Li
Abstract excerpt
INTRODUCTION: Progressive myoclonic epilepsy (PME) is rare epilepsy syndrome. Although EEG is a useful neurophysiological technique in the evaluation of epilepsy, few EEG abnormalities have been described in PME. So, how to use EEG hints to establish the suspected diagnosis of PME as soon as possible should be addressed. CASE PRESENT: We presented a case with refractory myoclonic seizures, and progressive...
Topics
- Anticonvulsants
- Atrophy
- Cerebral Cortex
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Disease Progression
- Electroencephalography
- Epilepsies, Partial
- Female
- Humans
- Levetiracetam
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Membrane Proteins
- Mental Status and Dementia Tests