title: Ictal urinary urge: localization and lateralization value in a pediatric case.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Ictal urinary urge is a rare autonomic symptom usually lateralizing to the non-dominant hemisphere and localizing to the temporal lobe.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 12-year-old boy was referred with desire to void and contraction of the left arm. The history of the case revealed tickling and an unpleasant rising feeling in the stomach and sense of fear lasting for 1 year. He had been evaluated and treated several times with the diagnosis of gastroesophageal reflux and cystitis. His cranial MRI displayed an intra-axial mass formation on the right temporal lobe. Pathological findings were consistent with a low-grade glial mass.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Ictal urinary urge has a considerable value both for localization and lateralization of seizures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology, Ege University Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey. sanem.yilmaz@ege.edu.tr.
authors.forename: Sanem
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yilmaz
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology, Ege University Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Sarenur
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gokben
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Ege University Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Tuncer
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Turhan
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology, Ege University Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Gul
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Serdaroglu
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Division of Child Neurology, Ege University Medical Faculty, Izmir, Turkey.
authors.forename: Hasan
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tekgul
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology*; D053202:Urinary Incontinence, Urge / Q000209:etiology*
keywords: Ictal urinary urge; Lateralization; Localization; Non-dominant hemisphere; Temporal lobe