Abstract

A 13-yr-old girl with marked behavioral and selective cognitive deficits associated with partial complex seizures of frontal lobe origin is reported from the Depts of Neurology, Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1000 W Carson St, Torrance, CA.

Highlights

  • Three children with epileptic seizures occurring during exercise are reported from the Section of Electroencephalography and Pediatric Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN

  • A 13-yr-old girl with marked behavioral and selective cognitive deficits associated with partial complex seizures of frontal lobe origin is reported from the Depts of Neurology, Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1000 W Carson St, Torrance, CA

  • Behavioral deterioration consisting of inattention, sexual disinhibition, loss of concern for personal hygiene, physical and verbal aggression and periodic incoherent and bizarre speech, was concurrent with a 6-week history of seizures manifested by turning to the right, staring, picking at her clothes, shaking and urinary incontinence

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Introduction

Three children with epileptic seizures occurring during exercise are reported from the Section of Electroencephalography and Pediatric Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. A 13-yr-old girl with marked behavioral and selective cognitive deficits associated with partial complex seizures of frontal lobe origin is reported from the Depts of Neurology, Psychiatry and Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, 1000 W Carson St, Torrance, CA. Behavioral deterioration consisting of inattention, sexual disinhibition, loss of concern for personal hygiene, physical and verbal aggression and periodic incoherent and bizarre speech, was concurrent with a 6-week history of seizures manifested by turning to the right, staring, picking at her clothes, shaking and urinary incontinence.

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