A Case of True Myoclonic Epilepsy of Childhood.
- Author:
Joon Shik MOON
1
;
Byung In LEE
;
Gyung Whan KIM
;
Yun Joong KIM
;
Jin Sang JUNG
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, Yonsei University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- MeSH:
Child, Preschool;
Classification;
Diagnosis;
Epilepsies, Myoclonic*;
Epilepsy;
Humans;
Male;
Prognosis;
Seizures
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
1991;9(2):253-357
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
The myoclonic epilepsies of infancy and early childhood pose the most difficult problems in the diagnosis and classification of epilepsies because they are often confused with the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome sharing a number of common features. However, their correct differentiation is easily justifiable because some of the myoclonic epilepsies of early childhood have better prognosis than the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. We experienced and treated a 4-year-old boy who had normal intellectual function but frequent myoclonic and generalized clinic-tonic-clinic seizures, which were successfully controlled by anti-epileptic drugs. Hence we report a case with brief review of literatures.
