[Epileptic vomiting]. 1987

F J Herranz Tanarro, and E Saenz Lope, and S Cristobal Sassot, and E Gallerand Vigan

A 17 year-old girl was suffering complex partial seizures, secondary generalized epilepsy and seizures manifested only by vomiting. The neurological, laboratory, radiological studies and the brain CT were normal. The EEG recording of an ictal vomiting showed bisynchronous spike-and-wave and sharp slow-wave discharges. An interictal paroxysmal focus of the right temporo-occipital region appeared at the EEG and a marked photoconvulsant effect was induced by light stimulation. The patient remained seizure-free for the last 4 years on carbamazepine therapy. The authors suggest the vomiting fits originate from the epileptic discharges on the Ammon's horn. The depths of the temporal lobe appear clearly involved in this type of seizures and the rolandic and pre-rolandic neighboring areas are attended too.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D004827 Epilepsy A disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of paroxysmal brain dysfunction due to a sudden, disorderly, and excessive neuronal discharge. Epilepsy classification systems are generally based upon: (1) clinical features of the seizure episodes (e.g., motor seizure), (2) etiology (e.g., post-traumatic), (3) anatomic site of seizure origin (e.g., frontal lobe seizure), (4) tendency to spread to other structures in the brain, and (5) temporal patterns (e.g., nocturnal epilepsy). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p313) Aura,Awakening Epilepsy,Seizure Disorder,Epilepsy, Cryptogenic,Auras,Cryptogenic Epilepsies,Cryptogenic Epilepsy,Epilepsies,Epilepsies, Cryptogenic,Epilepsy, Awakening,Seizure Disorders
D005260 Female Females
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
D014839 Vomiting The forcible expulsion of the contents of the STOMACH through the MOUTH. Emesis

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