Pilomotor epilepsy.
The case is reported of a patient presenting pilomotor seizures as the initial symptom of a tumour of the deep temporal lobe. Six other cases had previously been reported with the same type of seizures. The responsible lesion was often a tumour in deep temporal lobe and the distribution of the piloerection attacks was almost always ipsilateral. Pilomotor seizures deserve a definite role in the nosography of partial epilepsy.
Scoppetta
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Neurological Institute, La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy.
Casali
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D'Agostini
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Amabile
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Morocutti
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D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010863:Piloerection; D012018:Reflex