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Published on: December 18, 2016
Postictal behaviour in temporal lobe epilepsy
Anne G Caicoya1, José M Serratosa
1Unidad de Epilepsia, Servicio de Neurología, Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Spain.
Abstract:
Postictal phenomena such as nose-wiping, coughing and hypersalivation are believed to reflect a purposeful reaction to hypersecretion after regaining consciousness following a complex partial seizure, and are very common in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy, particularly in mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. Nose-wiping is usually performed with the hand ipsilateral to the side of seizure onset. Our patient illustrates an unusual, exaggerated postictal behaviour consisting of long-lasting nose-wiping, coughing and guttural sounds following a complex partial seizure due to right mesial temporal lobe epilepsy. [Published with video sequences].
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