Language Disorder with Focal Epilepsies

J Gordon Millichap
2002 Pediatric Neurology Briefs  
They were precipitated by strenuous exercise such as bicycle riding and racing and running. He would continue to ride automatically during seizures. Neurologic exam and MRI were normal. Interictal EEG showed left temporal lobe epileptiform discharges. He continues to have seizures during exercise despite treatment with carbamazepine and gabapentin. Neither patient had seizures induced by hyperventilation, passive and active stationary limb movement or by imagining competitive sports. (Sturm JW,
more » ... Fedi M, Berkovic SF, Reutens DC. Exercise-induced temporal lobe epilepsy.
doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-16-11-10 fatcat:tb7smc6tonehxki4pwhcd3cjqa