Brain SPECT imaging of ictal smile seizure.

Sergio Modoni; Nicoletta Urbano; Marina Trivisano; Maria Grazia Pascarella; Giuseppe D'Orsi; Teresa Di Claudio; Luigi M. Specchio

Brain SPECT imaging of ictal smile seizure.

Sergio Modoni, Nicoletta Urbano, Marina Trivisano, Maria Grazia Pascarella, Giuseppe D'Orsi, Teresa Di Claudio, Luigi M. Specchio

Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu

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Abstract

"Ictal smile" is defined as a facial expression during a seizure, which usually translates happiness, clearly distinct from a tonic deviation of the mouth or other abnormal tonic-clonic movements involving the face, not associated to any happiness emotion (Epilepsia. 1998;39:1357-1360). It is a rare condition (6%-10% of patients; Epilepsia. 1998;39:1357-1360) and seems to be related to seizures arising from temporal or frontal regions (Brain. 2003;126:2121-2138).Anecdotal reports of brain perfusion SPECT performed during ictal and interictal phases (Epilepsia. 1998;39:1357-1360) do not supply, unfortunately, imaging documentation. Thus, we report the first evidence of brain perfusion abnormalities induced by ictal smile seizure.

Original language	English
Journal	Clinical Nuclear Medicine
Volume	38
Issue number	5
Publication status	Published - May 2013

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging

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