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Compulsive Somatosensory Self‐Stimulation Inducing Epileptic Seizures
Author(s) -
Guerrini Renzo,
Genton Pierre,
Dravet Charlotte,
Viallat Danielle,
Bureau Michelle,
Horton Elizabeth J.,
Roger Joseph
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
epilepsia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.687
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1528-1167
pISSN - 0013-9580
DOI - 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1992.tb01701.x
Subject(s) - medicine , epilepsy , psychology , psychomotor learning , pediatrics , physical medicine and rehabilitation , anesthesia , neuroscience , cognition
Summary: Three children who had been diagnosed as having infantile spasms with major psychomotor retardation were referred for the persistence of series of spasm‐like seizures, which were resistant to antiepileptic drug treatment, beyond infancy. Serial seizures were elicited by a compulsive self‐stimulating behavior that was documented by long‐term video‐polygraphy. These behaviors implicated proprioceptive inputs: tapping on the chin in one case, flexion and external rotation of the leg with dislocation of the femur in one case, a particular posturing of the body followed by rhythmic shaking of the head in the last case. This clinical picture seems to constitute a particular type of outcome for infantile spasms and is particularly resistant to therapy.