Seizures induced by micturition: A rare form of reflex epilepsy

Teaching Video NeuroImage: Electroclinical characteristics of micturition-induced reflex epilepsy.

Chaturbhuj Rathore, MD Ashalatha Radhakrishnan, MD S. Dinesh Nayak, MD Kurupath Radhakrishnan, MD, FAAN A 6-year-old boy presented with seizures since the age of 3 years characterized by sudden extension of the upper extremities and a tendency to fall forward; each seizure was induced by micturition. The ictal EEG during these seizures showed 20 Hz beta activity followed by 2 Hz spike-wave disc...

Reflex seizures induced by micturition : A pediatric case and ictal EEG finding

Reflex seizures are those which are predominantly or exclusively triggered by a specific stimuli. They arise from areas of cortical hyperexcitability that overlap with regions normally activated during specific cognitive, motor and sensory stimulation 1) . Micturition is a complex event coordinated by multiple levels of the central and peripheral nervous systems. Reflex seizure induced by mictu...

A Rare Reflex Epilepsy: Bathing-Related Epilepsy.

Bathing-related epilepsy (BRE), which is also known as water immersion epilepsy, is a rare, benign, reflex epilepsy. It presents with focal seizures that occur during bathing with hot water and has a favorable prognosis (1). The exact mechanism underlying these seizures is unknown (1). This epilepsy is frequently confused with hot water epilepsy (HWE) and is generally seen during childhood and ...

"a case of self-induced reflex epilepsy "

the term reflex epilepsy in reserved for a small subgroup o seizures that occur regularly in response to specific stimuli. our patient is a 20- year old male, who had pleasure, euphoria, loss of conciousness and generalized tonic- clonic convulstion when he watched tv since ten years. during puberty the patient that self-induced reflex epilepsy with photic stimulation, when watching tv or looki...

[On a case of convulsive epilepsy with spontaneous seizures and seizures induced by movement].