Somatosensory rub evoked reflex epilepsy of a temporal lobe origin.
Somatosensory rub reflex epilepsy, evoked by prolonged or repetitive cutaneous contact of a circumscribed body area, is an unusual form of reflex epilepsy. The peculiar complaints and the negative interictal electroencephalographic (EEG) recordings make it difficult to identify the epileptic origin. Here we report an unusual case whose seizures would be evoked by a touch or rub on a unilateral arm and shoulder, with a contralateral temporal lobe origin, demonstrated in immediate postictal single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT).
Hsieh
Cheng-Yang
CY
Department of Neurology, Sin-Lau Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
Chiou
Nan-Jin
NJ
Wu
Yi-Jen
YJ
Tsai
Jing-Jane
JJ
Huang
Chin-Wei
CW
D000328:Adult; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D020195:Epilepsy, Reflex / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000188:drug therapy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon; D014110:Touch
D000927:Anticonvulsants