Bathing epilepsy.
A patient who had complex partial seizures provoked by bathing is reported. All the attacks occurred during or immediately after bathing, irrespective of water temperature. The semiology was suggestive of a seizure focus in the mesial temporal lobe. Though there are some similarities with hot-water epilepsy, this case appears to be a distinct type of reflex epilepsy.
Seneviratne
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Ratnapura General Hospital, Ratnapura, Sri Lanka. udayasen@eureka.lk
D000328:Adult; D001494:Baths / Q000009:adverse effects*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017029:Epilepsy, Complex Partial / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D020195:Epilepsy, Reflex / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology