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NEUROLOGY 2004;63:2153-2154
© 2004 American Academy of Neurology
Brief Communications

Ictal asomatognosia as a cause of epileptic falls

Simultaneous video, EMG, and invasive EEG Elson L. So, MD and Barbara S. Schaüble, MD

From the Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Elson L. So, Department of Neurology, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905.

Intracranial EEG in a 33-year-old man with epilepsy with a history of falls and injuries showed seizure onset in the right posterior parietal region. Electrical stimulation of the region reproduced sudden estrangement of the left lower extremity. EMG and video recordings showed no alteration of extremity tone during the seizure, but his gait halted before he fell. Ictal asomatognosia may be a cause of falls in patients with epilepsy.

Received April 15, 2004. Accepted in final form July 14, 2004.

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