Orgasmic aura originates from the right hemisphere.
The authors present a patient with right mesiotemporal epileptogenic region who experienced orgasmic epileptic aura. Twenty-two similar published cases were also evaluated. Among 15 patients with unilateral EEG foci, 13 (87%) had right and 2 (13%) had left focus. All of the nine patients who had sufficient data on ictal onset area had right-sided seizure onset. The authors suggest that orgasmic aura is an ictal lateralizing sign to the right hemisphere.
Janszky
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Epilepsy Center, National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology Budapest, Hungary. janszky@opni.hu
Szücs
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Halász
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Borbély
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Holló
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Barsi
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Mirnics
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D000328:Adult; D000818:Animals; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009948:Orgasm