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Reflex seizures as initial manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus in childhood
M Brinciotti1, G Ferrucci, G Trasatti
1Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche e Psichiatriche dell'Età Evolutiva, Università La Sapienza, Roma, Italy.
Lupus
|August 1, 1993
Abstract:
We report a 10-year-old girl with reflex seizures characterized by visual and acoustic hallucinations, induced by visual and acoustic stimulations. The EEG showed atypical spike-wave discharges on the left temporo-occipital area, markedly activated by visual and acoustic stimuli (intermittent light, pattern-reversal stimulation and monoaural right pure tone). The patient was treated with carbamazepine and seizure stopped within 7 months. After 10 months from the start of the therapy she developed signs of systemic lupus erythematosus.