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Bathing epilepsy: a video case report Volume 23, issue 4, August 2021

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  • Bathing epilepsy: a video case report

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Authors
1 Department of Neuroscience, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
2 University of Milan, Milan, Italy
3 Pediatric Cardiology, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy
* Correspondence: Alberto M. Cappellari Department of Neuroscience, Fondazione IRCCS Cà Granda Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, University of Milan, Milan, Italy

Bathing epilepsy is a rare form of reflex epilepsy triggered by bathing in room temperature water. It predominates in boys with a mean age of 15 months and its evolution is benign. Diagnosis of bathing epilepsy requires the exclusion of other paroxysmal disorders triggered by water contact. Video-EEG confirmation of the seizures is necessary to reach a diagnosis of certainty and to allow adequate management. We present the case of a one-year-old boy who experienced recurrent episodes of unresponsiveness and cyanosis while bathing in lukewarm water. The diagnosis of bathing epilepsy was confirmed by the video-EEG recording of a seizure, showing left-sided frontotemporal delta activity with rapid contralateral spread. Therapy with levetiracetam was effective, subsequently allowing bathing without further seizures.