Fixation-off (Scoto) sensitivity combined with photosensitivity

Epilepsia. 1998 May;39(5):552-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1998.tb01419.x.

Abstract

A 16-year-old boy of normal intelligence had brief absence and myoclonic jerks since age 7 years. Video-EEG documented the unexpected combination of fixation-off sensitivity (scotosensitivity) with photosensitivity.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Darkness / adverse effects*
  • Electroencephalography*
  • Epilepsies, Myoclonic / diagnosis*
  • Epilepsies, Myoclonic / etiology
  • Epilepsy, Absence / diagnosis*
  • Epilepsy, Absence / etiology
  • Eyelids / physiology
  • Fixation, Ocular
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Monitoring, Physiologic
  • Photic Stimulation / adverse effects*
  • Videotape Recording
  • Vision, Ocular / physiology