ABSTRACT
In clinical practice, the differential diagnosis between syncopal attacks and epileptic seizures is a frequent problem and the semiological and anamnestic data are not always sufficient to clarify the picture. In this case, the simultaneous EEG and electrocardiography documented the change in heart rate during the seizure. Had the patient been standing up instead of lying on the laboratory bed, she would have fallen to the ground with a syncopal attack.
