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Laughing and running fits as manifestation of early traumatic epilepsy. 1977

B Jandolo, and L Gessini, and E Occhipinti, and A Pompili

Early traumatic epilepsy, whose frequency is rather high, especially in children, is usually characterized by focal motor seizures (57%) or by generalized seizures (43%). The association of both running and laughing fits in the same patient on the contrary is quite exceptional, as only three cases have been reported in literature. There are no observations about temporal lobe epilepsy, nor, particularly, about running or laughing fits in early traumatic epilepsy. We report here the interesting case of a boy whose early traumatic epilepsy manifested itself as temporal lobe epilepsy characterized by running and laughter.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007845	Laughter	An involuntary expression of merriment and pleasure; it includes the patterned motor responses as well as the inarticulate vocalization.
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
D004834	Epilepsy, Post-Traumatic	Recurrent seizures causally related to CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA. Seizure onset may be immediate but is typically delayed for several days after the injury and may not occur for up to two years. The majority of seizures have a focal onset that correlates clinically with the site of brain injury. Cerebral cortex injuries caused by a penetrating foreign object (CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA, PENETRATING) are more likely than closed head injuries (HEAD INJURIES, CLOSED) to be associated with epilepsy. Concussive convulsions are nonepileptic phenomena that occur immediately after head injury and are characterized by tonic and clonic movements. (From Rev Neurol 1998 Feb;26(150):256-261; Sports Med 1998 Feb;25(2):131-6)	Concussive Convulsion,Epilepsy, Traumatic,Impact Seizure,Seizure Disorder, Post-Traumatic,Early Post-Traumatic Seizures,Late Post-Traumatic Seizures,Post-Traumatic Seizure Disorder,Concussive Convulsions,Convulsion, Concussive,Convulsions, Concussive,Disorder, Post-Traumatic Seizure,Disorders, Post-Traumatic Seizure,Early Post Traumatic Seizures,Early Post-Traumatic Seizure,Epilepsies, Post-Traumatic,Epilepsies, Traumatic,Epilepsy, Post Traumatic,Impact Seizures,Late Post Traumatic Seizures,Late Post-Traumatic Seizure,Post Traumatic Seizure Disorder,Post-Traumatic Epilepsies,Post-Traumatic Epilepsy,Post-Traumatic Seizure Disorders,Post-Traumatic Seizure, Early,Post-Traumatic Seizure, Late,Post-Traumatic Seizures, Early,Post-Traumatic Seizures, Late,Seizure Disorder, Post Traumatic,Seizure Disorders, Post-Traumatic,Seizure, Early Post-Traumatic,Seizure, Late Post-Traumatic,Seizures, Early Post-Traumatic,Seizures, Late Post-Traumatic,Traumatic Epilepsies,Traumatic Epilepsy
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012420	Running	An activity in which the body is propelled by moving the legs rapidly. Running is performed at a moderate to rapid pace and should be differentiated from JOGGING, which is performed at a much slower pace.	Runnings