Jeavon’s syndrome: a case report

Scholar with no perinatal history of pathologies and regular neuropsychomotor development.At the age of two years old, started with frequent blinking episodes alone, with no limbs shaking or behavioral arrest syndrome.During this occasion, the electroencephalogram (EEG) demonstrated frequent wave tip paroxysms and generalized wave polytip at 3Hz.Due to the diagnosis of epilepsy, used valproic acid with cession of the crisis.Thirty months after the first approach, the EEG was repeated and proved to be normal, being the patient instructed to discontinue the antiepileptic.After three months with no medication, the crisis started over with the same characteristics and photosensitivity.With reintroduction of valproic acid there was no response.