TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2007//
TI  - Self-induced stretch syncope of adolescence: a video-EEG documentation
JO  - Epileptic disorders
A1  - Mazzuca, Michel
A1  - Thomas, P.
SP  - 413
EP  - 417
VL  - 9
IS  - 4
N2  - We present the first video-EEG documentation, with ECG and EMG features, of stretch syncope of adolescence in a young, healthy 16-year-old boy. Stretch syncope of adolescence is a rarely reported, benign cause of fainting in young patients, which can be confused with epileptic seizures. In our patient, syncopes were self-induced to avoid school. Dynamic transcranial Doppler showed evidence of blood flow decrease in both posterior cerebral arteries mimicking effects of a Valsalva manoeuvre. Dynamic angiogram of the vertebral arteries was normal. Hypotheses concerning the physiopathology are discussed. [Published with video sequences].<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 1294-9361
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1684/epd.2007.0133
ID  - ref1
ER  -