Bathing epilepsy: a video case of an autonomic seizure.
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A six-year-old Moroccan boy experienced nausea, paleness and oral automatisms after almost every shower. A clinical diagnosis of bathing epilepsy was assumed. A video-EEG recording was taken during and after a shower and confirmed ictal high voltage repetitive slow waves over the left temporal lobe. Bathing epilepsy or water immersion epilepsy is a rare form of reflex epilepsy often presenting with autonomic seizures. The onset is usually in the first year of life and the evolution is benign. [Published with video sequences].
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عنوان ژورنال:
- Epileptic disorders : international epilepsy journal with videotape
دوره 12 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2010