title: Somatosensory rub evoked reflex epilepsy of a temporal lobe origin.
abstract: 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).
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Sin-Lau Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Cheng-Yang
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: Nan-Jin
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Chiou
authors.forename: Yi-Jen
authors.initials: YJ
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jing-Jane
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Chin-Wei
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants