Complex partial seizure provocation by vasovagal syncope: Video-EEG and intracranial electrode documentation

被引:16
作者
Bergey, GK [1 ]
Krumholz, A [1 ]
Fleming, CP [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV MARYLAND,SCH MED,MARYLAND EPILEPSY CTR,DEPT NEUROL,BALTIMORE,MD 21201
关键词
vasovagal; syncope; complex partial seizure;
D O I
10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01086.x
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R74 [神经病学与精神病学];
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摘要
Vasovagal syncope precipitating an epileptic seizure has only rarely been described. A patient with known intractable complex partial seizures being evaluated for a left anterior temporal lobectomy experienced a typical seizure with mesial temporal onset precipitated by an observed vasovagal episode. This is the first report of a partial epileptic seizure precipitated by vasovagal syncope and the first example of an epileptic seizure induced by syncope in an adult. Video and intracranial depth electrode and subdural grid recordings documented the event.
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