Hot water epilepsy: Phenotype and single photon emission computed tomography observations
| Autor: | Mehul Patel, Sanjib Sinha, Rose Dawn Bharath, Hanumanthapura R. Aravinda, Parthasarathy Satishchandra |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Short Communication Magnetic resonance imaging temporal lobe epilepsy Semiology Electroencephalography Single-photon emission computed tomography Hot water epilepsy medicine.disease Ictal-Interictal SPECT Analysis by SPM lcsh:RC346-429 single photon emission computed tomography Temporal lobe Epilepsy magnetic resonance imaging Medicine Ictal Neurology (clinical) Radiology business Nuclear medicine lcsh:Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system |
| Zdroj: | Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology, Vol 17, Iss 4, Pp 470-472 (2014) |
| ISSN: | 0972-2327 |
| DOI: | 10.4103/0972-2327.144043 |
| Popis: | We studied the anatomical correlates of reflex hot water epilepsy (HWE) using multimodality investigations viz. magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), electroencephalography (EEG), and single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT). Five men (mean age: 27.0 5.8 years) with HWE were subjected to MRI of brain, video-EEG studies, and SPECT scan. These were correlated with phenotypic presentations. Seizures could be precipitated in three patients with pouring of hot water over the head and semiology of seizures was suggestive of temporal lobe epilepsy. Ictal SPECT showed hyperperfusion in: left medial temporal - one, left lateral temporal - one, and right parietal - one. Interictal SPECT was normal in all five patients and did not help in localization. MRI and interictal EEG was normal in all the patients. The clinical and SPECT studies suggested temporal lobe as the seizure onset zone in some of the patients with HWE. |
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