A case of epilepsy induced by eating or by visual stimuli of food made of minced meat

  • Mimura Naoya
    Department of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Inoue Takeshi
    Department of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Shimotake Akihiro
    Department of Epilepsy, Movement Disorders and Physiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Matsumoto Riki
    Department of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Ikeda Akio
    Department of Epilepsy, Movement Disorders and Physiology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine
  • Takahashi Ryosuke
    Department of Neurology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine

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  • 摂食以外に視覚刺激でも発作が誘発されたeating epilepsyの1例

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Abstract

<p>We report a 34-year-old woman with eating epilepsy induced not only by eating but also seeing foods made of minced meat. In her early 20s of age, she started having simple partial seizures (SPS) as flashback and epigastric discomfort induced by particular foods. When she was 33 years old, she developed SPS, followed by secondarily generalized tonic-clonic seizure (sGTCS) provoked by eating a hot dog, and 6 months later, only seeing the video of dumpling. We performed video electroencephalogram (EEG) monitoring while she was seeing the video of soup dumpling, which most likely caused sGTCS. Ictal EEG showed rhythmic theta activity in the left frontal to mid-temporal area, followed by generalized seizure pattern. In this patient, seizures were provoked not only by eating particular foods but also by seeing these. This suggests a form of epilepsy involving visual stimuli.</p>

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  • Rinsho Shinkeigaku

    Rinsho Shinkeigaku 57 (8), 430-435, 2017

    Societas Neurologica Japonica

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