[Vomiting: symptom of an epileptic seizure].
The authors present 3 cases of ictal vomiting with 2 seizures recorded on the EEG. The critical vomiting is always sudden, projectile, and lasts a short period. The interictal and ictal EEG recording showed a focus or a seizure involving the frontal temporal regions. The seizures were kept under control by a therapy with carbamazepine. Vomiting can be a particular semiological aspect of a possible seizure as are other vegetative features. The authors stress this critical aspect on one hand differentiating it from non-epileptic ictal phenomena (in particular children's cyclic vomiting), on the other hand from post-ictal vegetative phenomena of a major or partial seizure.
D000328:Adult; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002648:Child; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010634:Phenobarbital / Q000008:administration & dosage; D014839:Vomiting / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*
D002220:Carbamazepine; D010634:Phenobarbital
Le vomissement: un symptome critique épileptique.