REFLEX SEIZURES AS INITIAL MANIFESTATIONS OF SYSTEMIC ERYTHEMATOSUS IN CHILDHOOD

We report a 10-year-old girl with reflex seizures characterized by vis ual and acoustic hallucinations, induced by visual and acoustic stimul ations. The EEG showed atypical spike-wave discharges on the left temp oro-occipital area, markedly activated by visual and acoustic stimuli (intermittent light, pattern-reversal stimulation and monoaural right pure tone). The patient was treated with carbamazepine and seizure sto pped within 7 months. After 10 months from the start of the therapy sh e developed signs of systemic lupus erythematosus.