Concomitant Absence and Occipital Lobe Epilepsy in an Adolescent

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 23(4); 2005 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 2005;23(4): 551-553.

청소년기에 소발작과 후두엽간질이 병발된 1예

윤성희, 신준현 이주헌 김우경 송홍기

한림대학교 의과대학 신경과학교실

Concomitant Absence and Occipital Lobe Epilepsy in an Adolescent

Sung-Hee Yun

Department of Neurology, Hallym University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

Abstract

The incidence of absence and occipital lobe epilepsy appearing in the same young individual is quite rare. A fourteen year-old girl has had two types of recurrent seizures: 1)simple partial seizure with secondary generalization probably originating in the left occipital lobe, and 2)absence seizure. Electroencephalogram demonstrated frequent spikes on the left occipital region with or without bilateral synchronization and generalized 3 Hz spike and wave complexes during hyperventilation procedure and photic stimulation.KeyWords:Absence epilepsy, Occipital lobe epilepsy