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A Behavioral Screen for Heat-Induced Seizures in Mouse Models of Epilepsy
Published on: July 12, 2021
Hot water epilepsy with pineal cyst and cavum septi pellucidi
1Department of Neurology, Hokkaido University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan.
Abstract:
A case of reflex epilepsy accompanied by pineal cyst and cavum septi pellucidi induced by hot water bathing is presented. The patient is a 25-year-old male who has had six episodes of convulsions during the last three years. The seizures were diagnosed as a complex partial epilepsy followed by generalized tonic seizures. We have succeeded in recording his electroencephalogram (EEG) during convulsions. Moreover, a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) study revealed a pineal cyst and cavum septi pellucidi. This is quite a rare form of adult hot water epilepsy accompanied by intracranial malformations.
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