Orgasmic aura originates from the right hemisphere
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1Epilepsy Center, National Institute of Psychiatry and Neurology Budapest, Hungary. janszky@opni.hu
Abstract:
The authors present a patient with right mesiotemporal epileptogenic region who experienced orgasmic epileptic aura. Twenty-two similar published cases were also evaluated. Among 15 patients with unilateral EEG foci, 13 (87%) had right and 2 (13%) had left focus. All of the nine patients who had sufficient data on ictal onset area had right-sided seizure onset. The authors suggest that orgasmic aura is an ictal lateralizing sign to the right hemisphere.
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