EATING EPILEPSY ASSOCIATED WITH A DEEP FOREBRAIN GLIOMA

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ROBERTSON, WC [1 ]
FARIELLO, RG [1 ]
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[1] UNIV WISCONSIN,CTR CLIN SCI,DEPT NEUROL,MADISON,WI 53706
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10.1002/ana.410060318
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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Seizures associated with deglutition are rare, and previously reported cases of so‐called eating epilepsy have not identified specific electrophysiological or anatomical foci. We evaluated a 14‐year‐old with a deep hemispheric astrocytoma in whom focal sezures were consistently triggered by eating. Electroencephalograms were consistent with a deeply located seizure focus. Eating epilepsy should be grouped with reflex epilepsies that may originate with the diencephalon. Copyright © 1979 American Neurological Association
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