1995
DOI: 10.1093/brain/118.3.607
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Parietal lobe epilepsy Clinical manifestations and outcome in 82 patients treated surgically between 1929 and 1988

Abstract: We report the clinical manifestations and outcome of 82 patients with nontumoural parietal lobe epilepsy treated surgically at the Montreal Neurological Institute between 1929 and 1988. Patients with extensive resections extending outside the parietal lobe were excluded. Ninety-four percent exhibited aurae: the most common were somatosensory, described by 52 patients; 13 of these also described pain. Other aurae included disturbances of body image, visual illusions, vertiginous sensations and aphasia or dyspha… Show more

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“…Following a lesion of the left PPC, the patient of Wolpert, Goodbody, and Husain (1998) found that her right arm and leg would gradually fade from consciousness, but would return when she looked at them. Similarly, surgical section of the non-dominant PPC frequently induced various disturbances of the conscious body image, such as perceived absence of body parts (Salanova et al, 1995). Related to such phenomena of perceived absence is personal neglect following right Body Beyond SI 21 PPC lesion, in which patients do not report their left arm as missing, but nevertheless fail to attend to or use it (Bisiach, Perani, Vallar, & Berti, 1986;Critchley, 1953;Guariglia & Antonucci, 1992).…”
Section: The Conscious Body Imagementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Following a lesion of the left PPC, the patient of Wolpert, Goodbody, and Husain (1998) found that her right arm and leg would gradually fade from consciousness, but would return when she looked at them. Similarly, surgical section of the non-dominant PPC frequently induced various disturbances of the conscious body image, such as perceived absence of body parts (Salanova et al, 1995). Related to such phenomena of perceived absence is personal neglect following right Body Beyond SI 21 PPC lesion, in which patients do not report their left arm as missing, but nevertheless fail to attend to or use it (Bisiach, Perani, Vallar, & Berti, 1986;Critchley, 1953;Guariglia & Antonucci, 1992).…”
Section: The Conscious Body Imagementioning
confidence: 99%
“…Ictal spread to the frontal, supplementary motor area or temporo-limbic areas were often observed. 16) Three of our six patients with seizures of parietal lobe origin exhibited an attenuation pattern just prior to seizure onset or in the early part of a complex partial seizure. Attenuation patterns represent the most common EEG expression of infantile spasms occurring in West syndrome.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 70%
“…19) A review of 82 patients found that most exhibited motor phenomena including head deviation, posturing, or focal clonic activity. 16) In Case 2, the ictal symptoms appear to have occurred after activation of the temporal lobe. The clinical symptoms were the same whether seizure activities began in the mesial parietal or dorsolateral parietal lobe.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 95%
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“…Pain perception likely recruits multiple cortical sites that process different aspects of the pain experience. Future potential sites of interest include the prefrontal cortex, associated with the perception of the unpleasantness of pain (Lorenz, Minoshima, & Casey, 2003), or the parietal lobe, implicated in changes in body perception (e.g., Salanova, Andermann, Rasmussen, Olivier, & Quesney, 1995) and in the localization of touch and noxious stimuli (Porro et al, 2007). Areas that process the affective and reactive components of the pain experience, such as the anterior cingulate cortex and the insula (Derbyshire et al, 1997;Peyron et al, 2000;Rainville, 2002), should also be explored.…”
Section: Limitations and Future Directionsmentioning
confidence: 99%