Figuring out drawing-induced epilepsy.

Kho, Kuan H; van den Bergh, Walter M; Spetgens, Willy P J; Leijten, Frans S S · Neurology · 2006

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Rare reflex epilepsies are a clinical curiosity but may also give insight into neurocognitive processes. The authors present a patient whose seizures were precipitated by drawing but not by writing. This dissociation complements previous reports on selective impairment of writing. EEG revealed a focus in the right frontal lobe with parietal spread. This is in accord with current cognitive and neural network models of drawing.

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