Reflex seizures as initial manifestations of systemic lupus erythematosus in childhood

Lupus. 1993 Aug;2(4):281-3. doi: 10.1177/096120339300200118.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Acoustic Stimulation
  • Carbamazepine / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Evoked Potentials, Auditory / physiology
  • Evoked Potentials, Visual / physiology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications*
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / diagnosis
  • Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / physiopathology
  • Photic Stimulation
  • Reflex / physiology*
  • Reflex, Acoustic / physiology*
  • Seizures / complications*
  • Seizures / drug therapy
  • Seizures / physiopathology

Substances

  • Carbamazepine