TY - JOUR
T1 - Somatosensory rub evoked reflex epilepsy of a temporal lobe origin
AU - Hsieh, Cheng Yang
AU - Chiou, Nan Jin
AU - Wu, Yi-Jen
AU - Tsai, Jing Jane
AU - Huang, Chin-Wei
PY - 2011/4
Y1 - 2011/4
N2 - Somatosensory rub reflex epilepsy, evoked by prolonged or repetitive cutaneous contact of a circumscribed body area, is an unusual form of reflex epilepsy. The peculiar complaints and the negative interictal electroencephalographic (EEG) recordings make it difficult to identify the epileptic origin. Here we report an unusual case whose seizures would be evoked by a touch or rub on a unilateral arm and shoulder, with a contralateral temporal lobe origin, demonstrated in immediate postictal single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).
AB - Somatosensory rub reflex epilepsy, evoked by prolonged or repetitive cutaneous contact of a circumscribed body area, is an unusual form of reflex epilepsy. The peculiar complaints and the negative interictal electroencephalographic (EEG) recordings make it difficult to identify the epileptic origin. Here we report an unusual case whose seizures would be evoked by a touch or rub on a unilateral arm and shoulder, with a contralateral temporal lobe origin, demonstrated in immediate postictal single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).
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U2 - 10.1007/s10072-010-0383-5
DO - 10.1007/s10072-010-0383-5
M3 - Article
C2 - 20640465
AN - SCOPUS:79952897749
SN - 1590-1874
VL - 32
SP - 297
EP - 299
JO - Neurological Sciences
JF - Neurological Sciences
IS - 2
ER -
