A Case of True Myoclonic Epilepsy of Childhood

J Korean Neurol Assoc > Volume 9(2); 1991 > Article

Journal of the Korean Neurological Association 1991;9(2): 253-357.

True Myoclonic Epilepsy of Childhood 1례

문준식, 이병인,김경환,김윤중,정진상

연세대학교 신경과. 충남대학교 신경과.

A Case of True Myoclonic Epilepsy of Childhood

Joon Shik Moon, M.D., Byung In Lee, M.D., Gyung Whan Kim, M.D., Yun Joong Kim, M.D. Jin Sang Jung, M.D.*

Dep. Of Neurology, Yonsei University Dep. Of Neurology, Choong Nam University*

Abstract

The myoclonic epilepsies of infancy and early childhood pose the most difficult problems in the diagnosis and classification of epilepsies because they are often confused with the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome sharing a number of common features. However, their correct differentiation is easily justifiable because some of the myoclonic epilepsies of early childhood have better prognosis than the Lennox-Gastaut syndrome. We experienced and treated a 4-year-old boy who had normal intellectual function but frequent myoclonic and generalized clinic-tonic-clinic seizures, which were successfully controlled by anti-epileptic drugs. Hence we report a case with brief review of literatures.