Musa Zayan, Gowder Abhijnya, Bergman Herlinda, Viraraghavan Roopa
Department of Medicine, University of California, Riverside, CA, USA.
SAGE Open Med Case Rep. 2025 Jul 31;13:2050313X251364080. doi: 10.1177/2050313X251364080. eCollection 2025.
We report the case of a 3-year-old male initially observed to have breath-holding spells, squatting, and spontaneous crying who later developed symptoms of atypical seizures suggestive of focal epilepsy. Electroencephalogram confirmed focal seizures, while MRI revealed periventricular leukomalacia. Antiepileptic drugs were imperative to resolving the seizure symptoms, although complications arose with certain side effects. This case highlights the importance of identifying different characteristic seizure presentations and distinguishing breath-holding spells from atypical seizures through a timely electroencephalogram and neuroimaging to make an accurate diagnosis. In addition, we discuss the intricacy of diagnosing atypical seizures and the different ways in which they can present. Help the reader direct their attention to a valuable case report about childhood epilepsy and the uncommon symptoms associated. Highlighting the importance of identifying different characteristic seizure presentations and distinguishing breath-holding spells from atypical seizures through timely electroencephalogram and neuroimaging to make an accurate diagnosis.
我们报告了一名3岁男性病例,该患儿最初表现为屏气发作、蹲踞和自发哭闹,后来出现提示局灶性癫痫的非典型癫痫症状。脑电图证实为局灶性癫痫发作,而磁共振成像显示脑室周围白质软化。抗癫痫药物对于缓解癫痫症状至关重要,尽管出现了某些副作用并发症。该病例强调了通过及时的脑电图和神经影像学检查来识别不同特征性癫痫发作表现并区分屏气发作与非典型癫痫发作以做出准确诊断的重要性。此外,我们讨论了诊断非典型癫痫发作的复杂性以及它们可能出现的不同方式。帮助读者将注意力转向一份关于儿童癫痫及相关罕见症状的有价值的病例报告。强调通过及时的脑电图和神经影像学检查来识别不同特征性癫痫发作表现并区分屏气发作与非典型癫痫发作以做出准确诊断的重要性。