Sudden Unexpected Death in Epilepsy During Ambulatory Video-EEG Monitoring at Home.

This case is illustrative of a wide spectrum of SUDEP cases, ranging from the highly intractable to the patient with newly diagnosed epilepsy with very few seizures. It illustrates that patients can succumb to SUDEP while awake and in the sitting position (1) very early in their epilepsy course, (2) without recognized risk factors other than generalized convulsive seizures, (3) even when accompanied.