Hot water epilepsy with pachygyria

Hot water epilepsy (HWE) refers to a specific type of reflex epilepsy precipitated by the stimulus of bathing in hot water. Pathogenesis is still unknown and temporal lobe has been thought to take part in the epileptogenesis. HWE can be symptomatic of focal cortical malformation, and few cases were...

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Published in:Neurological sciences 2012-06, Vol.33 (3), p.631-633
Main Authors: Hizem, Yosr, Gargouri, Amina, Ben Djebara, Mouna, Kacem, Imen, Abdelkefi, Istabrak, Jemli, Fethi, Gouider, Riadh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Case Report
Cerebral Cortex - pathology
Cortex (parietal)
Cortex (somatosensory)
Cortex (temporal)
Epilepsy
Epilepsy, Reflex - complications
Epilepsy, Reflex - etiology
Female
Hot Temperature - adverse effects
Humans
Lissencephaly - complications
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Neurology
Neuroradiology
Neurosciences
Neurosurgery
Psychiatry
Reflexes
Temporal lobe
Water
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Summary:Hot water epilepsy (HWE) refers to a specific type of reflex epilepsy precipitated by the stimulus of bathing in hot water. Pathogenesis is still unknown and temporal lobe has been thought to take part in the epileptogenesis. HWE can be symptomatic of focal cortical malformation, and few cases were reported. This is the third report of HEW in which a parietal malformation has been observed. Our hypothesis that sensory cortex might be implicated in the epileptogenic process is corroborated by two previous reports on patients with HWE and malformation of the parietal cortical development.
ISSN:1590-1874
1590-3478
DOI:10.1007/s10072-011-0780-4