A Case of Jeavons Syndrome: Eyelid Myoclonus with Myoclonus Status

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2022-10-31

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https://doi.org/10.55229/ijbs.v25i2.13

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  • Zeba Khan Department of Psychiatry, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical college and hospital, Aligarh, U.P., India
  • Nayab Anjum Department of Psychiatry, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical college and hospital, Aligarh, U.P., India
  • M Reyazuddin Department of Psychiatry, Jawaharlal Nehru Medical college and hospital, Aligarh, U.P., India

Abstract

Jeavons initially explained Jeavons syndrome or eyelid myoclonus with or without absence in 1977.1 It has not yet been acknowledged as a categorical epileptic syndrome.2 The electroclinical trinity of photosensitivity, eye closure-induced seizures, and electroencephalography (EEG) paroxysms serve this disease’s hallmarks.3 The normal onset occurs in childhood, peaks between the ages of 2 and 14, and is more prevalent in women (F:M= 2-3:1).4
Repetitive episodes of eyelid jerking, along with eye upward deviation and head retropulsion, constitute the symptoms.5 A limited minority of patients may have eyelid myoclonus status; seizures are frequent and brief, occurring hundreds of times each day. It is known as eyelid myoclonus with absence (EMA) when it occurs in conjunction with a loss of consciousness.

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Khan, Z., Anjum, N., & Reyazuddin, M. (2022). A Case of Jeavons Syndrome: Eyelid Myoclonus with Myoclonus Status. Indian Journal of Behavioural Sciences, 25(02), 155–157. https://doi.org/10.55229/ijbs.v25i2.13

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