Self-induced photogenic epilepsy in infants
K. Watanabe, T. Negoro, A. Matsumoto, K. Inokuma, E. Takaesu, K. Aso and N. Yamamoto
We studied two infants with self-induced photogenic epilepsy and
investigated their seizures with simultaneous EEG and videotape recording.
A 2-year-old boy showed peculiar head-nodding behavior towards bright light
before he manifested myoclonic absence or myoclonic seizures. A
14-month-old infant girl showed blinking in front of the television set
before myoclonic jerks developed. Neither head nodding nor blinking was
associated with paroxysmal discharges. We concluded that such preictal
behavior was not part of the seizure.
