title: Hot water epilepsy with pineal cyst and cavum septi pellucidi.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tajima
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Minami
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sudo
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Moriwaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tashiro
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D014867:Water