Trouble at dinner: an unusual case of eating-induced seizures

Rosenzweig, Ivana; Manford, Mark

doi:10.1136/jnnp.2007.135590

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“…However, those factors are not sufficient for satisfactory explanations for the pathophysiology of EE which remains unclear yet. [2,7] Nevertheless, the majority of authors postulate that multiple precipitating factors are involved in the process, or the complete sequence of eating a meal is required to provoke a seizure. [4,5] In our case, the seizures started following chewing, swallowing or drinking.…”

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“…Less frequently, these seizures are of the simple partial type with or without secondary generalization. [5][6][7] Tonic-clonic motor manifestations [8] and periodic, brief tonic seizures of the limbs or neck are also reported as clinical features of EE. [6] EE has also been described according to its trigger area, which is essentially of two types: suprasylvian or temporolimbic.…”

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“…[8] Hyperexcitability of the temporolimbic area involves susceptibility to gustatory, olfactory, affective, and emotional stimuli. [1,7] Extralimbic (suprasylvian) regions have been implicated when the abnormal cortex is in a proprioceptive region and involves other sensory afferents (lingual, buccal or pharyngeal). These areas are activated by extensive sensory input generated by the complex behaviors involved in eating action.…”

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Eating Epilepsy After Resection Of Frontal Menengioma: A Case Report

Arslan¹,

Yılmaz²,

Mülayim³

et al. 2013

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ÖzetYemek yeme epilepsisi refleks epilepsinin nadir bir tipidir. Yemeyle tetiklenen nöbetler genellikle lokalizasyon ilişkilidir ve sıklıkla kompleks parsiyel tiptedir. Daha az sıklıkta, bu nöbetler sekonder jeneralize olan ya da olmayan basit parsiyel tiptedir. Bu yazıda, frontal menengioma ameliyatı sonrası gelişen, yemek yeme epilepsisi olan 38 yaşında kadın hasta sunuldu. Hasta, üç yıldır hiçbir antiepileptik tedaviye yanıt vermeyen sekonder jeneralize nöbetlerden yakınıyordu. Refleks ve refleks olmayan nöbetleri mevcuttu. Ancak çoğu nöbeti yemek yeme veya su içme ile tetikleniyordu. Bu olgu yemek yeme epilepsisinin sekonder jeneralize tonik klonik nöbetlerle giden nadir görülen bir formudur.Anahtar sözcükler: Yemek yeme epilepsisi; frontal meningioma rezeksiyonu; jeneralize tonik klonik nöbetler. SummaryEating epilepsy (EE) is a rare type of reflex epilepsy. Eating-induced seizures are, in general, localization-related, and most commonly of the complex partial type. Less frequently, these seizures are of the simple partial type with or without secondary generalization. Here, we report a case of a 38-year-old female patient with EE after frontal meningioma resection. She had suffered from secondary generalized seizures unresponsive to any antiepileptic therapy for 3 years. She had both reflex and non-reflex seizures. However, most of the seizures were triggered by food or water deglutition. This was an unusual case of EE with secondary generalized tonic-clonic seizures.

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