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<h3>Introduction</h3>
<p>Injuries such as burns may occur from unwitnessed and unsuspected new onset epilepsy with forensic implications.</p>
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<h3>Case report</h3>
<p>A young woman was found with >25% 2nd and 3rd degree body burns after an unwitnessed morning event in a shower.</p>
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<h3>Discussion</h3>
<p>The onset of tonic-clonic seizures and limb jerks in adolescence with a typical EEG recording of 3–4/second spike/polyspike-and-waves are diagnostic of Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy (JME). Worldwide there is a significant morbidity and mortality in epilepsy from burns. The treatment of JME and of burns was discussed.</p>
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Introduction
Injuries such as burns may occur from unwitnessed and unsuspected new onset epilepsy with forensic implications.


Case report
A young woman was found with >25% 2nd and 3rd degree body burns after an unwitnessed morning event in a shower.


Discussion
The onset of tonic-clonic seizures and limb jerks in adolescence with a typical EEG recording of 3–4/second spike/polyspike-and-waves are diagnostic of Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy (JME). Worldwide there is a significant morbidity and mortality in epilepsy from burns. The treatment of JME and of burns was discussed.

Burns from foul play? No – previously unsuspected epilepsy

Journal of Epileptology

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Introduction
Injuries such as burns may occur from unwitnessed and unsuspected new onset epilepsy with forensic implications.


Case report
A young woman was...

Burns from foul play? No – previously unsuspected epilepsy

Published Online: Dec 05, 2013

Page range: 105 - 107

Received: Oct 21, 2013

Accepted: Dec 03, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/joepi-2015-0009

Keywords
JME, tonic-clonic seizure, burns

© 2013 Peter W. Kaplan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Burns from foul play? No – previously unsuspected epilepsy

Published Online: Dec 05, 2013

Page range: 105 - 107

Received: Oct 21, 2013

Accepted: Dec 03, 2013

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/joepi-2015-0009

KeywordsJME, tonic-clonic seizure, burns

© 2013 Peter W. Kaplan et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Keywords
JME, tonic-clonic seizure, burns