Infantile masturbation and paroxysmal disorders.
A recurrent paroxysmal presentation in children leads to different diagnoses and among them are neurologic and cardiac etiologies. Infantile masturbation is not a well known entity and cannot be differentiated easily from other disorders. Aim of this study is to elucidate and differentiate this condition from epileptic seizures. We report 3 cases of 10 to 30 mth old girls of infantile masturbation that their symptoms initiated at 2, 3 and 8 mth of age. These present with contraction and extension of lower extremities, scissoring of legs, perspiration, changing face color. In 2 cases body rocking and legs rubbing initiated then there after. Masturbation is one of the paroxysmal non-epileptic conditions of early infancy and is in differential diagnosis of epileptic seizures.
Omran
Mohammadreza Salehi
MS
Department of Pediatric Neurology, Amirkola Pediatric Hospital, Pediatric Research Center, Babol Medical University, Mazandaran, Iran. salehiomran@yahoo.com
Ghofrani
Mohammad
M
Juibary
Ali Ghabeli
AG
D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008418:Masturbation / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014743:Videotape Recording