Occurence and lateralizing value of "rare" peri-ictal vegetative symptoms in temporal lobe epilepsy

• Authors: MUSILOVÁ Klára; KUBA Robert; BRÁZDIL Milan; TYRLÍKOVÁ Ivana; REKTOR Ivan
• Year of publication: 2010
• Type: Article in Periodical
• Magazine / Source: Epilepsy & Behavior
• MU Faculty or unit: Faculty of Medicine
• Field: Neurology, neurosurgery, neurosciences
• Keywords: Temporal lobe epilepsy. Peri-ictal vegetative symptoms. Lateralizing value. Language-nondominant hemisphere
• Description: PIVS are relatively frequent ictal signs in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy. The most frequently observed PIVS are peri-ictal coughing and peri-ictal water drinking. Other signs are rare (peri-ictal vomiting, peri-ictal spitting).It is probable that at least peri-ictal coughing, water drinking and vomiting have lateralizing significance and occur more often in temporal lobe epilepsy of the language-nondominant temporal lobe.

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