Rotatory seizures in a patient with tuberous sclerosis

Epileptic Disord. 1999 Dec;1(4):233-5.

Abstract

We present an 11-year-old girl with tuberous sclerosis who developed seizures characterized by circling behavior. Rotatory seizures are uncommon and occur mainly secondary to a focal pathology. Our patient had a right temporal epileptic focus, confirmed by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to be a subcortical lesion in the right temporal region. This case is probably the first reported case of tuberous sclerosis associated with rotatory seizures with an ictal EEG.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain Mapping
  • Child
  • Dominance, Cerebral / physiology
  • Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / diagnosis
  • Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / physiopathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Orientation / physiology*
  • Rotation
  • Stereotyped Behavior / physiology*
  • Temporal Lobe / physiopathology
  • Tuberous Sclerosis / diagnosis
  • Tuberous Sclerosis / physiopathology*