We report a case of an infantile hemiplegia seizure syndrome (IHSS) that presented with intractable reflex audiogenic startle epilepsy which in itself is an uncommon form of seizure disorder. Peri-insular hemispherotomy provided complete seizure control. Also of particular interest was that this syndrome resulted from an iatrogenic brain injury sustained during the course of a caesarian section...

PURPOSE To characterize the spatial relationship between activations related to language-induced seizure activity, language processing, and motor control in patients with reading epilepsy. METHODS We recorded and simultaneously monitored several physiological parameters [voice-recording, electromyography (EMG), electrocardiography (ECG), electroencephalography (EEG)] during blood oxygen level...

By definition, reflex seizures are epileptic events triggered by specific motor, sensory, or cognitive stimulation. Reflex epilepsy is a term reserved for the scenarios in which seizures are exclusively triggered by a specific stimulus like reading or eating [1]. Focal seizures precipitated by somatosensory stimuli often originate in the parietal lobe (somatosensory area II) and present with se...

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...

R. Michelucci, MD O. Mecarelli, MD G. Bovo, MSc F. Bisulli, MD S. Testoni, MD P. Striano, MD S. Striano, MD P. Tinuper, MD C. Nobile, PhD A DE NOVO LGI1 MUTATION CAUSING IDIOPATHIC PARTIAL EPILEPSY WITH TELEPHONE-INDUCED SEIZURES Telephone-induced seizures have recently been described as a distinct form of idiopathic reflex epilepsy in which seizures are repeatedly and exclusively triggered by ...

Photosensitivity is a typical feature of photosensitive epilepsy which is usually considered a form of idiopathic generalized epilepsy. Partial seizures featuring visual symptoms are rarely reported in photosensitive epilepsy. In this study, we describe 13 neurologically normal patients in whom daytime seizures were always induced by television and began with elementary visual hallucinations, f...