title: Benign focal epilepsy of childhood: epileptic seizure during somatosensory evoked potential: a case report.
abstract: A 6-year-old girl with a history of partial seizures had parietal spontaneous spikes, and high-voltage paroxysms, evoked by tapping of the hands and feet, in the parietal contralateral region during the electroencephalogram. The girl underwent a somatosensory evoked potential study, when she had a seizure, with tonic contraction rising of the right leg then followed by clonic jerks of the right leg, version of the head to the right, followed by a tonic contraction of the ipsilateral arm with flexion at the elbow. The seizure lasted 20-30 seconds. We believe this is the first description of a seizure during a somatosensory evoked potential procedure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, School of Medicine, Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil. tedrusbento@uol.com.br
authors.forename: Gloria M A S
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Tedrus
authors.forename: Lineu Corrêa
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Fonseca
mesh_terms: D001300:Audiometry, Evoked Response; D002648:Child; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D006801:Humans; D009460:Neurologic Examination / Q000009:adverse effects*; D012026:Reflex, Stretch; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*