Open AccessReading epilepsy – a case report
Author(s) -
Maria Jolanta Stanosz-Sankowska,
Małgorzata Sankowska
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
aktualności neurologiczne
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2451-0696
pISSN - 1641-9227
DOI - 10.15557/an.2020.0017
Subject(s) - epilepsy , reflex epilepsy , medicine , myoclonus , levetiracetam , myoclonic epilepsy , reading (process) , reflex , seizure types , myoclonic jerk , generalized epilepsy , audiology , anesthesia , neuroscience , psychology , psychiatry , political science , law
Reflex epilepsy, where epileptic seizures are triggered by specific sensory stimuli, affects 4–7% of patients suffering from epilepsy. Reading epilepsy, where all or almost all epileptic seizures are induced by reading, is a very rare form of reflex epilepsy. Two types of this disease have been distinguished: the most common type is caused by sudden muscle jaw contractions (myoclonic variant) and it lasts for a very short time (for example few seconds), while the second type is characterised by focal alexia seizures (focal variant with alexia). The article highlights the clinical picture and treatment of reading epilepsy in a 18-yearold patient. In this case, seizures were always caused by at least 2 hours of continuous reading and were preceded by jaw myoclonus. The treatment included sodium valproate and levetiracetam.