Paroxysmal kinesigenic choreoathetosis with abnormal electroencephalogram during attacks
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K Hirata1, S Katayama, T Saito
1Department of Neurology, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.
Epilepsia
|July 1, 1991
Abstract:
An 18-year-old man with paroxysmal kinesigenic choreoathetosis (PKC) showed rhythmic electroencephalographic (EEG) discharges of 5-Hz spikes over the entire scalp during episodes. The EEG findings in this case suggest that PKC may have an epileptogenic basis.