Psychomotor Variant in a Case of Juvenile Absence Epilepsy: An Evidence of Misnomer by Gibbs.
- Author:
Sung Pa PARK
1
;
Young Jo BAE
;
Eun Hee KIM
;
Ho Won LEE
;
Doo Kyo JUNG
;
Chung Kyu SUH
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Kyungpook National University, Daegu, Korea. sppark@knu.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Psychomotor variant;
Juvenile absence epilepsy;
EEG
- MeSH:
Adolescent;
Electroencephalography;
Epilepsy, Absence*;
Female;
Humans;
Seizures
- From:Journal of Korean Epilepsy Society
2004;8(2):160-162
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
The psychomotor variant is a rare EEG pattern as a rhythmical activity at about 6 Hz that may occur in brief or longer runs, independently in the temporal areas during drowsy mental state. It was originally named by Gibbs and Gibbs because of its existence during the ictal or interictal period in patients with psychomotor seizures. We report a 14-year-old girl with juvenile absence epilepsy who showed the long runs of psychomotor variant followed by generalized ictal discharges.
