Peri-ictal water drinking lateralizes seizure onset to the nondominant temporal lobe.
The authors describe seven patients with medically refractory temporal lobe epilepsy whose seizures were associated with peri-ictal water drinking behavior. Presurgical evaluation, including video-EEG monitoring, MRI, SPECT, and neuropsychological testing, revealed a seizure onset in the nondominant temporal lobe. All patients had an excellent outcome after epilepsy surgery. Peri-ictal water drinking may represent a lateralizing sign indicating seizure onset in the nondominant temporal lobe.
Trinka
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Universitätskliniken für Neurologie, Innsbruck, Austria. eugen.trinka@uklibk.ac.at
Walser
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Unterberger
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Luef
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Benke
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T
Bartha
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Ortler
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M
Bauer
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G
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004326:Drinking; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D016343:Monitoring, Intraoperative; D019956:Stereotypic Movement Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D013894:Thirst; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014867:Water
D014867:Water