Reading epilepsy with absences, television-induced seizures, and pattern sensitivity
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M Matricardi1, M Brinciotti, F Paciello
1Istituto di Neuropsichiatria Infantile, Universitá La Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
Epilepsy Research
|July 1, 1991
Abstract:
A 14-year-old right-handed girl suffering from absence seizures from age 6 began to have reflex seizures elicited by reading and watching television when she was 13. Neurophysiological studies showed pattern sensitivity and photo-sensitivity. VEPs, obtained with flash and pattern reversal stimulation, were normal. This atypical form of reading epilepsy suggests an interaction of pattern vision and cognitive functions as precipitating stimuli in reflex seizures.