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Publié en ligne: 05 déc. 2013
Pages: 105 - 107
Reçu: 21 oct. 2013
Accepté: 03 déc. 2013
DOI: https://doi.org/10.21307/joepi-2015-0009
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© 2013 Peter W. Kaplan et al., published by Sciendo
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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.