Temporal lobe epilepsy with ecstatic seizures (so-called Dostoevsky epilepsy)

F Cirignotta; C V Todesco; E Lugaresi

doi:10.1111/j.1528-1157.1980.tb04324.x

Temporal lobe epilepsy with ecstatic seizures (so-called Dostoevsky epilepsy)

Epilepsia. 1980 Dec;21(6):705-10. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1980.tb04324.x.

Authors

F Cirignotta, C V Todesco, E Lugaresi

PMID: 7439135
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1980.tb04324.x

Abstract

The present report documents for the first time the polygraphic pattern of an ecstatic seizure and confirms that this kind of seizure may be an expression of a temporal lobe epilepsy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Electroencephalography
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / diagnosis*
Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / psychology
Euphoria*
Evoked Potentials
Humans
Male