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17962080

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-12-18
pubmed:abstractText
The occurrence of sexual auras (SAs), defined as erotic feelings accompanied by sexual arousal and orgasm, was investigated in 244 consecutive patients with medically refractory focal epilepsy. All patients were evaluated with prolonged video/EEG monitoring, high-resolution MRI, and the Wada test. One female and two male patients with hippocampal sclerosis and /or atrophy experienced SAs. In accordance with the findings on interictal and ictal EEGs, the epileptogenic zone could be localized to the speech-dominant mesial temporal lobe in one case and to the non-speech-dominant mesial temporal lobe in two cases. All patients were treated by selective amygdalohippocampectomy. Our results indicate that: (1) SAs occur in men and women, (2) SAs occur predominantly in seizures originating from the nondominant temporal lobe (but may also be associated with seizure onset in the dominant hemisphere), and (3) SAs point toward a seizure onset in mesial temporal structures.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1525-5050
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
124-7
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Sexual auras: predominance of epileptic activity within the mesial temporal lobe.
pubmed:affiliation
Universitätsklinik für Neurologie, Medical University of Vienna, Austria. susanne.aull-watschinger@meduniwien.ac.at
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports