PMC8200771_01
Clinical history is summarized in this figure. PMD, paroxysmal movement disorders; EEG, electroencephalography; BCECTS, Benign Childhood Epilepsy with Centro-Temporal Spikes; ESES, Electrical Status-Epilepticus during slow-waves Sleep; SW, spike-and-wave; poly-SW, polyspike-and-wave; HM, hemiplegic migraine; ADHFD, Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder; VPA, Sodium Valproate; ESM, Ethosuximide; LTG, Lamotrigine.
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A 19-year-old girl who had experienced the onset of frequent sudden falls from the age of 34 months was admitted to the Unit of Child Neuropsychiatry, University Hospital of Sassari (clinical history summarized in Figure 1).
EEG showed synchronous symmetrical irregular 2.5-3 Hz spike-and-wave sequences, facilitated by hyperventilation, consistent with atypical absence seizure.
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F2
EEG showed synchronous symmetrical irregular 2.5-3 Hz spike-and-wave sequences lasting 2 s, facilitated by hyperventilation, consistent with atypical absence seizures (Figure 2).