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Episodic vomiting and headache in children: consider occipital epilepsy
Author(s) -
Lope Raja Juanita Raja,
Wong Sau Wei,
Wu Loo Ling
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2009.01662.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pallor , migraine , vomiting , epilepsy , ictal , etiology , pediatrics , nausea , anesthesia , psychiatry
Children with occipital seizures often have ictal autonomic symptoms such as pallor and vomiting and lack motor manifestations. This has lead to misdiagnosis of occipital seizures in children. The following case report highlights the clinical features of a child with occipital epilepsy misdiagnosed as having migraine. The aetiology of symptomatic occipital epilepsy will be discussed.