Hot-water epilepsy in an adult: ictal EEG, MRI and SPECT features
| Autor: | Pierre Koskas, T. Dubard, J. Cambier, F. Lisovoski, J.L. Stievenart, S Prier, H. Dehen |
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| Rok vydání: | 1992 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male medicine.medical_specialty Hot Temperature Electroencephalography Brain Ischemia Temporal lobe Epilepsy Neuroimaging Reflex Epilepsy medicine Humans Ictal Evoked Potentials Tomography Emission-Computed Single-Photon Brain Mapping medicine.diagnostic_test Baths Magnetic resonance imaging General Medicine medicine.disease Magnetic Resonance Imaging Temporal Lobe Neurology Anesthesia Epilepsies Partial Occipital Lobe Neurology (clinical) Radiology Psychology Occipital lobe |
| Zdroj: | Seizure. 1:203-206 |
| ISSN: | 1059-1311 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/1059-1311(92)90027-x |
| Popis: | Reflex epilepsy constitutes a rare form of epileptic seizures. We observed a 20-year-old man who presented with seizures induced by immersion in hot water. The trigger stimulus was specific. Contrast CT scan and MRI were all normal, not revealing any structural lesion. Ictal EEG recorded during a hot bath showed focal epileptic discharges in the left temporo-occipital area. Interictal SPECT showed a hypometabolism in the same cerebral region. Neuroimaging studies were rarely performed in this uncommon type of epilepsy. Nevertheless, in our case the result of the SPECT suggests a localized functional disturbance in the emergence of the disorder. |
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