Orgasmic aura originates from the right hemisphere

Neurology. 2002 Jan 22;58(2):302-4. doi: 10.1212/wnl.58.2.302.

Abstract

The authors present a patient with right mesiotemporal epileptogenic region who experienced orgasmic epileptic aura. Twenty-two similar published cases were also evaluated. Among 15 patients with unilateral EEG foci, 13 (87%) had right and 2 (13%) had left focus. All of the nine patients who had sufficient data on ictal onset area had right-sided seizure onset. The authors suggest that orgasmic aura is an ictal lateralizing sign to the right hemisphere.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Animals
  • Brain / physiopathology*
  • Dominance, Cerebral
  • Electroencephalography
  • Epilepsy / physiopathology*
  • Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / pathology
  • Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / physiopathology*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Male
  • Orgasm*