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January 14, 2020; 94 (2) Video NeuroImages

Proprioceptive-induced (stimulus-sensitive) reflex seizures

Gustavo Fernandes, Gerado Rizzo, Luiz Nelson Fernandes, Brendon Popinhak
First published January 13, 2020, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000008791
Gustavo Fernandes
From the Department of Neurology (G.F., G.R., B.P.), Hospital Moinhos de Vento; and Department of Neurology (L.N.F.), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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Gerado Rizzo
From the Department of Neurology (G.F., G.R., B.P.), Hospital Moinhos de Vento; and Department of Neurology (L.N.F.), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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Luiz Nelson Fernandes
From the Department of Neurology (G.F., G.R., B.P.), Hospital Moinhos de Vento; and Department of Neurology (L.N.F.), Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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Proprioceptive-induced (stimulus-sensitive) reflex seizures
Gustavo Fernandes, Gerado Rizzo, Luiz Nelson Fernandes, Brendon Popinhak
Neurology Jan 2020, 94 (2) 89-90; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000008791

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A 78-year-old man presented with abnormal right leg movements 2 days after mild traumatic brain injury. He displayed clonic movements of the right leg after a few seconds of voluntary movement of the same leg, lasting about 20 seconds. Brain MRI showed a small subarachnoid hemorrhage in the cerebral convexities. EEG at rest was normal but demonstrated robust epileptiform discharges in the left frontotemporal region (figure) after voluntary movements of the right leg (video 1). Seizures subsided with clobazam 20 mg/d. Reflex seizures have been described with various triggers and etiologies.1,2

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Figure EEG shows epileptiform discharges in the left frontotemporal region during voluntary movement of the right lower limb

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Focal clonic seizure of the right lower limb after a few seconds of voluntary movement. Awareness was preserved.Download Supplementary Video 1 via http://dx.doi.org/10.1212/008791_Video_1

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G.C. Fernandes: drafting/revising the manuscript, study concept or design, accepts responsibility for conduct of research and final approval, acquisition of data. G. Rizzo: analysis or interpretation of data, accepts responsibility for conduct of research and final approval, acquisition of data. L.N. Fernandes: drafting/revising the manuscript, accepts responsibility for conduct of research and final approval, diagnosis formulation. B. Popinhak: drafting/revising the manuscript, accepts responsibility for conduct of research and final approval, acquisition of data.

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