A female adult with Sandifer's syndrome and hiatal hernia misdiagnosed as epilepsy with focal seizures

Mareike Nowak; Adam Strzelczyk; Wolfgang H Oertel; Hajo M Hamer; Felix Rosenow

doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.02.016

A female adult with Sandifer's syndrome and hiatal hernia misdiagnosed as epilepsy with focal seizures

Epilepsy Behav. 2012 May;24(1):141-2. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.02.016. Epub 2012 Apr 5.

Authors

Mareike Nowak¹, Adam Strzelczyk, Wolfgang H Oertel, Hajo M Hamer, Felix Rosenow

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurology and Epilepsy Center, University of Marburg, Germany. [email protected]

PMID: 22483645
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2012.02.016

Abstract

Sandifer's syndrome is a rare, probably underdiagnosed, and usually pediatric movement disorder associated with gastroesophageal reflux disease. Often, it is misdiagnosed as epilepsy or paroxysmal dyskinesia. We report the case of an adult female with Sandifer's syndrome initially diagnosed as focal epilepsy and treated inefficiently with anticonvulsants for two years.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Diagnostic Errors*
Electroencephalography
Female
Gastroesophageal Reflux / complications
Gastroesophageal Reflux / diagnosis*
Hernia, Diaphragmatic / complications
Hernia, Diaphragmatic / diagnosis*
Humans
Seizures / physiopathology*
Torticollis / complications
Torticollis / diagnosis*
Video Recording
Young Adult

Supplementary concepts

Sandifer syndrome