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    Epileptic Disord. 2011 Dec;13(4):430-4.

    Intracranial localisation of ictal urinary urge epileptogenic zone to the non-dominant temporal lobe.

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    Department of Neurology, Drexel University College of Medicine, USA.

    Abstract

    Ictal urinary urge is a rare symptom of focal epilepsy usually localising to the non-dominant hemisphere, specifically, the temporal lobe. Lateralisation in previously described cases has been established using scalp video-EEG monitoring or functional imaging. We report the case of a 19-year-old girl with refractory epilepsy and ictal urinary urge arising from the non-dominant temporal lobe, confirmed by invasive, subdural EEG monitoring. Since undergoing a temporal lobectomy two and a half years ago, the patient has not experienced ictal urinary urge. To our knowledge, this is the first report demonstrating localisation of ictal urinary urge epileptogenic zone to the non-dominant temporal lobe by invasive intracranial monitoring.

    PMID:
    22258049
    [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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