Epileptic Disorders
MENUUnilateral abdominal clonic seizures of parietal lobe origin: EEG findings Volume 20, issue 2, April 2018
Authors
1 Department of Neurology, King Fahad Hospital of University, University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia
2 Division of Neurology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
* Correspondence: Richard Wennberg
Toronto Western Hospital,
Suite 5W444, 399 Bathurst Street,
Toronto, Ontario,
M5T 2S8, Canada
- Key words: abdomen, epilepsy, homunculus, source localization, trunk, clonic seizures
- DOI : 10.1684/epd.2018.0966
- Page(s) : 158-63
- Published in: 2018
Unilateral abdominal clonic seizures represent a peculiar and rare manifestation of focal onset epilepsy. We present the case of a 26-year-old man with right-sided abdominal clonic movements associated with seizures arising from the left parietal area. We show the ictal EEG correlates of these events, including source localization of early ictal spikes; findings that have not been demonstrated in previously reported cases. The electro-clinical features in this patient suggested that clinical onset occurred after anterior propagation of ictal activity from a region posterior to the neck and trunk area of the sensory homunculus of the postcentral gyrus. [Published with video sequence on www.epilepticdisorders.com].