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Generation and On-Demand Initiation of Acute Ictal Activity in Rodent and Human Tissue
Published on: January 19, 2019
Ictus emeticus (ictal vomiting)
Avinoam Shuper1, Hadassa Goldberg-Stern
1Department of Neurology, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petah Tiqva 49202, Israel.
Abstract:
Vomiting is rarely the main ictal manifestation of epilepsy, and it is likely associated with more than one type of epilepsy. Its possible mechanism involves the spread of abnormal electrical activity through descending insular or limbic circuits. This report describes a child with difficult-to-control ictal vomiting arising from a left temporal epileptic focus. Ictus emeticus is a specific epileptic presentation which can have a chronic, intractable nature requiring repetitive therapeutic trials with antiepileptic medications. In the patient described here, the disease posed a diagnostic dilemma in its early stages. The ictal electroencephalogram is crucial for the diagnosis.
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