KBG syndrome mimicking genetic generalized epilepsy

M J Murphy; N McSweeney; G L Cavalleri; M T Greally; K A Benson; D J Costello

doi:10.1016/j.ebr.2022.100545

KBG syndrome mimicking genetic generalized epilepsy

Epilepsy Behav Rep. 2022 Apr 20:19:100545. doi: 10.1016/j.ebr.2022.100545. eCollection 2022.

Authors

M J Murphy^{1

2}, N McSweeney^{2

3}, G L Cavalleri^{4

5}, M T Greally⁴, K A Benson⁴, D J Costello^{1

2

4}

Affiliations

¹ Epilepsy Service, Department of Neurology, Cork University Hospital, Ireland.
² College of Medicine and Health, University College Cork, Ireland.
³ Paediatric Neurology Service, Cork University Hospital, Ireland.
⁴ FutureNeuro SFI Research Centre for Chronic and Rare Neurological Diseases Hosted in RCSI, Dublin 2, Ireland.
⁵ The School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Science, The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin, Ireland.

Abstract

•Several conditions may mimic Genetic Generalized Epilepsy GGE.•GGE is less frequently misdiagnosed compared to other subtypes of epilepsy.•KBG syndrome is a rare autosomal dominant condition.•KBG syndrome may mimic GGE.

Publication types

Case Reports