Epileptic Disorders
MENUDacrystic seizures in MRI-negative patients Volume 24, issue 2, April 2022
Authors
1 Epilepsy Program, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
2 Neuroepidemiology Unit, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
* Correspondence: Jorge G Burneo
Epilepsy Program,
Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences,
Western University,
339 Windermere Rd,
London, ON, Canada, N6A 5A5
- DOI : 10.1684/epd.2021.1398
- Page(s) : 427-30
- Published in: 2022
Dacrystic seizures (DS) are characterized by bursts of crying withstereotyped lacrimation, grimacing, sobbing sounds and/or sad facial expression. Multicentric studies have reported prevalence at between 0.1-0.13% [1, 2]. DS are frequently associated with hypothalamic hamartomas (HH) mainly when coexisting with gelastic seizures (GS), however, other types of lesions involving temporal, frontal or insular lobes have been described [3, 4].We describe a patient with crying as a manifestation of his [...]