Epilepsy with Myoclonic Absences

Authors: Athanasios Covanis

Publish Date: 2010

Volume: , Issue: , Pages: 1025-1028

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Abstract

Myoclonic absences MA were recognized as a specific type of seizures in 1969 Tassinari et al 1969 and in 1985 were included in a syndrome named Tassinary Syndrome Tassinari and Bureau 1985 Absence seizures combined with marked clonic or myoclonic component were reported a few years earlier Gibberd 1966 Epilepsy with MA EMA is rare idiopathic generalized epilepsy syndrome with characteristic clinical and EEG features Clinically it is characterized by typical absence seizures associated with rhythmic bilateral clonic jerking mainly of the upper body with a tonic component When standing the upper limbs fling open tonic phase and as they jerk elevate progressively The body may deviate slightly and with each rhythmic jerk bend toward the floor The ictal EEG shows bilateral generalized spike–wave discharges at 3 Hz

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