Post-ictal forceful yawning in a patient with nondominant hemisphere epilepsy.
Yawning has been rarely described in association with seizures and not previously documented by video-EEG. We present a 48-year-old woman with a long history of non-dominant for speech hemisphere seizures and post-ictal yawning. Yawning was irresistible, forceful and often repetitive. We reviewed the few similar epileptic cases described in the literature and discussed the possible mechanisms. [Published with video sequences].
Yankovsky
Alexei E
AE
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Montreal Neurological Hospital and Institute, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.
Andermann
Frederick
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Dubeau
François
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D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012640:Seizures / Q000503:physiopathology*; D014741:Video Recording; D015000:Yawning