title: Peri-ictal water drinking lateralizes seizure onset to the nondominant temporal lobe.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Universitätskliniken für Neurologie, Innsbruck, Austria. eugen.trinka@uklibk.ac.at
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Trinka
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Walser
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Unterberger
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Luef
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Benke
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bartha
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ortler
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bauer
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D014867:Water