Hot water epilepsy with pineal cyst and cavum septi pellucidi.
A case of reflex epilepsy accompanied by pineal cyst and cavum septi pellucidi induced by hot water bathing is presented. The patient is a 25-year-old male who has had six episodes of convulsions during the last three years. The seizures were diagnosed as a complex partial epilepsy followed by generalized tonic seizures. We have succeeded in recording his electroencephalogram (EEG) during convulsions. Moreover, a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study revealed a pineal cyst and cavum septi pellucidi. This is quite a rare form of adult hot water epilepsy accompanied by intracranial malformations.
Tajima
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Department of Neurology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
Minami
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N
Sudo
K
K
Moriwaka
F
F
Tashiro
K
K
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D003560:Cysts / Q000150:complications*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D010870:Pineal Gland / Q000002:abnormalities; D012688:Septum Pellucidum / Q000002:abnormalities*; D014867:Water
D014867:Water