We describe a 7 year old boy, who presented centro-temporal (C-T) spikes triggered by blinking. The clinical picture was characterized by mild mental retardation and dysmorphisms; epileptic seizures were absent. Karyotype revealed a 13q deletion. EEG showed independent bilateral C-T paroxysmal abnormalities, very increased during sleep. From the age of 5.5 years blinking triggered C-T spikes: neither eye closure nor elimination of visual fixation induced this phenomenon. Rare similar cases are described in literature
Blink induced epileptiform EEG activity in a patient with chromosomopathy | [Anomalie EEG indotte da ammiccamento palpebrale in paziente con cromosomopatia] / M., Santucci; A., Posar; R., Vetrugno; Meletti, Stefano; A., Baroncini; A., Cassetti; P., Giovanardi Rossi. - In: BOLLETTINO-LEGA ITALIANA CONTRO L'EPILESSIA. - ISSN 0394-560X. - 102-103:(1998), pp. 267-269.
Blink induced epileptiform EEG activity in a patient with chromosomopathy | [Anomalie EEG indotte da ammiccamento palpebrale in paziente con cromosomopatia]
MELETTI, Stefano;
1998-01-01
Abstract
We describe a 7 year old boy, who presented centro-temporal (C-T) spikes triggered by blinking. The clinical picture was characterized by mild mental retardation and dysmorphisms; epileptic seizures were absent. Karyotype revealed a 13q deletion. EEG showed independent bilateral C-T paroxysmal abnormalities, very increased during sleep. From the age of 5.5 years blinking triggered C-T spikes: neither eye closure nor elimination of visual fixation induced this phenomenon. Rare similar cases are described in literatureI documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
