Hot water epilepsy: clinical and electroencephalographic features of 25 cases. 2006

A Destina Yalçin, and Hülya Ertaşoğlu Toydemir, and Hulki Forta
Neurology Clinic, Sişli Etfal Education Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey. destinayalcin@yahoo.com

The aim of this study was to analyze the clinical and electroencephalographic findings for 25 patients with hot water epilepsy. Personal and family history, neurological state, age at onset and types of seizures, provoking factors, bathing habits, EEGs, and neuroimages were all reviewed. Age at onset of seizures ranged from 6 months to 37 years. Twenty patients had complex partial seizures. Eight patients had spontaneous seizures as well; one was a typical case of idiopathic photosensitive occipital lobe epilepsy. One patient described an episode interpreted as nonconvulsive status. In our study group, the pouring of the water over the head and the temperature of the water were the most common triggering factors. A special kind of soap and entry of water into the mouth were determined to be unusual triggering factors. Interictal EEGs revealed epileptogenic abnormalities located over the temporal regions in nine patients. Seventeen patients underwent neuroimaging, mostly cranial magnetic resonance imaging. One had right mesial temporal sclerosis and one cortical atrophy; the others had normal findings. Sixteen patients received antiepileptic drugs, mainly carbamazepine, and remained seizure-free. The high rate of epileptogenic abnormalities localized in the temporal region and the complex partial seizures observed in most of our patients indicate the considerable role of the temporal lobe in hot water epilepsy.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007223 Infant A child between 1 and 23 months of age. Infants
D008279 Magnetic Resonance Imaging Non-invasive method of demonstrating internal anatomy based on the principle that atomic nuclei in a strong magnetic field absorb pulses of radiofrequency energy and emit them as radiowaves which can be reconstructed into computerized images. The concept includes proton spin tomographic techniques. Chemical Shift Imaging,MR Tomography,MRI Scans,MRI, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Image,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Functional,Magnetization Transfer Contrast Imaging,NMR Imaging,NMR Tomography,Tomography, NMR,Tomography, Proton Spin,fMRI,Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging,Imaging, Chemical Shift,Proton Spin Tomography,Spin Echo Imaging,Steady-State Free Precession MRI,Tomography, MR,Zeugmatography,Chemical Shift Imagings,Echo Imaging, Spin,Echo Imagings, Spin,Functional MRI,Functional MRIs,Image, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, Magnetic Resonance,Imaging, NMR,Imaging, Spin Echo,Imagings, Chemical Shift,Imagings, Spin Echo,MRI Scan,MRIs, Functional,Magnetic Resonance Images,Resonance Image, Magnetic,Scan, MRI,Scans, MRI,Shift Imaging, Chemical,Shift Imagings, Chemical,Spin Echo Imagings,Steady State Free Precession MRI
D008297 Male Males
D002648 Child A person 6 to 12 years of age. An individual 2 to 5 years old is CHILD, PRESCHOOL. Children
D004569 Electroencephalography Recording of electric currents developed in the brain by means of electrodes applied to the scalp, to the surface of the brain, or placed within the substance of the brain. EEG,Electroencephalogram,Electroencephalograms
D005260 Female Females
D006358 Hot Temperature Presence of warmth or heat or a temperature notably higher than an accustomed norm. Heat,Hot Temperatures,Temperature, Hot,Temperatures, Hot
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D000293 Adolescent A person 13 to 18 years of age. Adolescence,Youth,Adolescents,Adolescents, Female,Adolescents, Male,Teenagers,Teens,Adolescent, Female,Adolescent, Male,Female Adolescent,Female Adolescents,Male Adolescent,Male Adolescents,Teen,Teenager,Youths
D000328 Adult A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age. For a person between 19 and 24 years of age, YOUNG ADULT is available. Adults

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