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Hot water epilepsy: a video case report of a Caucasian toddler Volume 10, numéro 1, march 2008

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Department of Neurology-Child Neurology, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Epilepsy centre for children and youth, Pulderbos, Department of Pediatrics, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Department of Pediatrics, HH Hospital, Lier, Belgium

We present the case report of a 13-month-old Caucasian toddler with symptoms of loss of consciousness, central cyanosis and uncontrolled movements of the upper limbs while taking a warm bath. The diagnosis of hot water epilepsy was supported by an ictal EEG. Hot water epilepsy, also known as bathing epilepsy or water-immersion epilepsy is, in the Caucasian population, a rare form of benign epilepsy, where seizures are provoked by immersion in a hot or even just a warm bath. This is the first comprehensive video publication of a seizure provoked by water-immersion in a Caucasian child. [Published with video sequences].