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NEUROLOGY 2006;66:723-726
© 2006 American Academy of Neurology
Brief Communications

Figuring out drawing-induced epilepsy

Kuan H. Kho, MD, Walter M. van den Bergh, MD, PhD, Willy P.J. Spetgens, REEGT and Frans S.S. Leijten, MD, PhD

From the Rudolf Magnus Institute of Neuroscience, Departments of Neurosurgery (K.H.K.), Clinical Neurophysiology (W.P.J.S., F.S.S.L.), and Neurology (W.M.v.d.B.), University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Kuan H. Kho, Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, P.O. Box 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands; e-mail: k.h.kho{at}umcutrecht.nl

Rare reflex epilepsies are a clinical curiosity but may also give insight into neurocognitive processes. The authors present a patient whose seizures were precipitated by drawing but not by writing. This dissociation complements previous reports on selective impairment of writing. EEG revealed a focus in the right frontal lobe with parietal spread. This is in accord with current cognitive and neural network models of drawing.

Commentary, see page 619

Additional material related to this article can be found on the Neurology Web site. Go to www.neurology.org and scroll down the Table of Contents for the March 14 issue to find the title link for this article.

K.H.K. is sponsored by the Dutch Epilepsy Foundation, grant no. 01-04.

Disclosure: The authors report no conflicts of interest.

Received July 14, 2005. Accepted in final form November 10, 2005.


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