Location-specific reflex epilepsy: a novel reflex epilepsy phenotype

A Whelehan; M Colfer; H Kearney; S O'Connell; G O'Connor; D Healy; G Mullins; N Delanty

doi:10.1016/j.ebr.2020.100375

Location-specific reflex epilepsy: a novel reflex epilepsy phenotype

Epilepsy Behav Rep. 2020 Jun 26:14:100375. doi: 10.1016/j.ebr.2020.100375. eCollection 2020.

Authors

A Whelehan¹, M Colfer¹, H Kearney^{1

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4}, S O'Connell⁵, G O'Connor⁶, D Healy¹, G Mullins⁵, N Delanty^{1

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland.
² FutureNeuro, SFI Research Centre, Dublin 9, Ireland.
³ Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland.
⁴ Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin 9, Ireland.
⁵ Department of Neurophysiology, Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, Ireland.
⁶ Department of Neurology, University Hospital Waterford, Co Waterford, Ireland.

Abstract

Reflex epilepsies are rare syndromes where seizures are triggered by particular stimuli or activities that may be motor, sensory or cognitive in nature. Triggers are diverse, may be extrinsic or intrinsic in nature and heterogeneous phenotypes have been described over the years. We give an account of a case of location-specific reflex epilepsy which we suggest is a novel reflex epilepsy phenotype relating to higher cortical function (HCF), and review the literature in relation to features of HCF reflex epilepsies described to date.

Keywords: Epilepsy; Reflex; Seizure; Trigger.

Publication types

Case Reports