Bathing epilepsy: a video case report
| Autor: | Alberto Cappellari, Gaia Bruschi, Chiara Bulgaro, Marco Papa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Hot Temperature medicine.diagnostic_test Bathing business.industry Video Recording Infant Water Electroencephalography Mean age General Medicine Epilepsy Reflex Neurology Seizures Reflex Epilepsy Anesthesia medicine Humans Neurology (clinical) Bathing epilepsy Levetiracetam business Delta activity medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Epileptic Disorders. 23:639-642 |
| ISSN: | 1950-6945 1294-9361 |
| Popis: | Bathing epilepsy is a rare form of reflex epilepsy triggered by bathing in room temperature water. It predominates in boys with a mean age of 15 months and its evolution is benign. Diagnosis of bathing epilepsy requires the exclusion of other paroxysmal disorders triggered by water contact. Video-EEG confirmation of the seizures is necessary to reach a diagnosis of certainty and to allow adequate management. We present the case of a one-year-old boy who experienced recurrent episodes of unresponsiveness and cyanosis while bathing in lukewarm water. The diagnosis of bathing epilepsy was confirmed by the video-EEG recording of a seizure, showing left-sided frontotemporal delta activity with rapid contralateral spread. Therapy with levetiracetam was effective, subsequently allowing bathing without further seizures. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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