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Complex Partial Seizure Provocation by Vasovagal Syncope: Video‐EEG and Intracranial Electrode Documentation
Author(s) -
Bergey Gregory K.,
Krumholz Allan,
Fleming C. Pam
Publication year - 1997
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.1528-1157.1997.tb01086.x
Subject(s) - vasovagal syncope , complex partial seizures , electroencephalography , provocation test , anesthesia , medicine , epilepsy , epileptic seizure , partial seizures , syncope (phonology) , cardiology , temporal lobe , psychiatry , pathology , alternative medicine
Summary: Vasovagal syncope precipitating an epileptic seizure has only rarely been described. A patient with known intractable complex partial seizures being evaluated for a left anterior temporal lobectomy experienced a typical seizure with mesial temporal onset precipitated by an observed vasovagal episode. This is the first report of a partial epileptic seizure precipitated by vasovagal syncope and the first example of an epileptic seizure induced by syncope in an adult. Video and intracranial depth electrode and subdural grid recordings documented the event.