Abstract
Rotatory seizures have been reported in association with focal intracranial lesions. This type of seizure was also described in patients with primary generalized epilepsies. To our knowledge, there is only one previous publication denoted an association between juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) and rotatory seizures. We present two female patients with JME and rotatory seizures together. The onset of myoclonic jerks and generalized tonic clonic (GTC) seizures was in their midteens. Their interictal EEGs showed bilateral symmetric spike and polyspike wave discharges. The rotatory seizures of the patients started at age of 26 and 33 years, respectively. In one of the patients, turning to the left was followed by three or four complete turns, after then, she had GTC seizures. The other patient has turned to the right with only one or two turns and sometimes continued with GTC seizures. Neuroradiologic investigations including brain CT, MRI, and SPECT were performed. Response to valproate therapy of rotatory seizures was good. We believe that rotatory seizures are rarely seen in JME patients, and this causes false diagnosis which lead unsuitable drug choice.
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