Prevalence and clinical characteristics of headache in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy: experience from a tertiary epilepsy center.

The comorbidity of headache and epilepsy is often seen in neurological practice. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence, types of, and risk factors for headache in juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME). We assessed a total of 200 patients and 100 healthy controls in our study.

A rare cause of cerebral venous thrombosis: cryptococcal meningoencephalitis.

Cryptococcal meningoencephalitis (CM) is a serious central nervous system infection caused by Cryptococcus neoformans, seen mostly in immunocompromised hosts and less in immunocompetent patients. The vast majority of cryptococcosis cases are seen as human immunodeficiency virus infections with advanced immunosuppression. Meningitis and meningoencephalitis are the most common clinical manifestations.

Misdiagnosis in JME: Still a problem after 17 years?

Purpose: Juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) is one of the most common and recognizable idiopathic generalized epilepsy with its characteristic clinical and EEG features. We think despite the well defined diagnostic criteria, and increasing awareness, misdiagnosis in JME may still be a problem. The present study aims to determine misdiagnosis in JME and to compare the results with our previous study reported in 1998.