title: Infantile masturbation and paroxysmal disorders.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatric Neurology, Amirkola Pediatric Hospital, Pediatric Research Center, Babol Medical University, Mazandaran, Iran. salehiomran@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Mohammadreza Salehi
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Omran
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ghofrani
authors.forename: Ali Ghabeli
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Juibary
mesh_terms: 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