[A case of reflex epilepsy with binasal visual field defects attack induced by family computer game].
A 12-year-old male case of reflex epilepsy with visual field defects attack induced by a family computer game was reported. This patient showed binasal visual field defects attack when he was playing a family computer game. Neurological findings and ophthalmological examinations were normal. EEG showed spike and slow wave complex distributed on right occipital region. These paroxysmal waves were activated by checkerboard pattern reversal stimuli. Stimulus intensity was closely related with these activations, but not stimulus ratio was. Examinations of brain CT and brain MRI were normal. This patient complained of discomfort without visual symptoms when he suffered checkerboard pattern stimuli. A family computer game needs mental concentration, recognition, decision, alert state of consciousness and complex finger movement. Integration of these factors may have induced visual field defects attack. It is interesting that a family computer game is the inducer of reflex epilepsy with visual symptoms. The number of reflex epilepsy is thought to increase because of prevalence of family computer games.
Department of Neurology, Yamaguchi University School of Medicine.
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Fukusako
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Yamamoto
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Takase
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Nogaki
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Morimatsu
D002648:Child; D003657:Decision Making; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008838:Microcomputers; D012018:Reflex; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D014794:Visual Fields