MYOCLONIC ALCOHOLIC EPILEPSY

We describe 2 patients with chronic alcoholism who over a period of se veral years developed epilepsy associated with a cerebellar syndrome a nd action myoclonus. The clinical picture suggested progressive myoclo nic epilepsy, but subsequent investigations did not confirm this diagn osis. Myoclonus worsened during abstinence and was relieved during ind ulgence. We believe that this special clinical syndrome should be reco gnized as a complication of chronic alcoholism.