Myoclonic-Atonic Epilepsy Masquerading as Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis: A Clinical Conundrum

Abstract

Myoclonic epilepsy of infancy, myoclonic-atonic epilepsy (MAE) with onset in early childhood, and later-onset syndromes such as juvenile myoclonic epilepsy, eyelid myoclonic epilepsy, and myoclonic absence epilepsy are all examples of child-hood-onset myoclonic epilepsy syndromes. De-generative brain disorders, subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE), autoimmune disorders, and a few mitochondrial abnormalities are among the other uncommon causes. There have been at-tempts to define hereditary myoclonic epilepsies that do not meet the recognised criteria for myoclonic epilepsy syndromes [1]. The cognitive out-comes of epilepsy syndromes vary, but in general, they have a good prognosis. Myoclonic-atonic epilepsy is classified as an epileptic encephalopa-thy,