Gelastic, quiritarian, and cursive epilepsy. A clinicopathological appraisal.
A patient is reported with episodes of epileptic laughter, crying, and running occurring alone or in combination. He was found to have discrete, well-circumscribed tumour of the left temporal lobe. The neurology of these epileptic events is discussed in relation to the pathological lesion.
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D003448:Crying; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007845:Laughter; D008297:Male; D012420:Running