Epileptic kinetopsia localizes to superior parietal lobule and intraparietal sulcus

Neurology. 2014 Aug 19;83(8):768-70. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000000709. Epub 2014 Jul 16.

Abstract

Visual hallucinations are common symptoms of seizures affecting primary and association cortices, and can provide vital information about the ictal onset zone. Epileptic kinetopsia, defined as illusionary movement of stationary objects in the visual field, was reported in a patient with a tumor in the temporal-parietal-occipital (TPO) junction. Intracranial stimulation of TPO junction did not evoke kinetopsia and the site of onset of this phenomenon is unknown.1 We describe a patient with ictal kinetopsia whose seizure onset zone was localized with intracranial EEG.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Brain Neoplasms / complications
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Brain Neoplasms / physiopathology*
  • Electroencephalography / methods
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Neural Pathways / physiopathology
  • Parietal Lobe / physiopathology*
  • Seizures / etiology
  • Seizures / physiopathology*
  • Vision Disorders / etiology
  • Vision Disorders / physiopathology*