Bathing epilepsy: a video case of an autonomic seizure.
A six-year-old Moroccan boy experienced nausea, paleness and oral automatisms after almost every shower. A clinical diagnosis of bathing epilepsy was assumed. A video-EEG recording was taken during and after a shower and confirmed ictal high voltage repetitive slow waves over the left temporal lobe. Bathing epilepsy or water immersion epilepsy is a rare form of reflex epilepsy often presenting with autonomic seizures. The onset is usually in the first year of life and the evolution is benign. [Published with video sequences].
Jansen
Katrien
K
Department of Pediatrics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Vervisch
Jan
J
Lagae
Lieven
L
D001494:Baths / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009325:Nausea / Q000209:etiology; D011379:Prognosis; D012075:Remission, Spontaneous; D012640:Seizures / Q000503:physiopathology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology