A Case of Gelastic Epilepsy, probable Orbito-frontal Origin
Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
;
: 300-305, 1988.
Article
in Korean
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ABSTRACT
Laughter as an epileptic phenomenon is very uncommon. The introduction of the term gelastic epilepsy by Daly and Mulder (1957) may have resulted in less precision in diagnosis. Laughter does not necessarily include Mirth (gelos). Smiling may be volumtary or barely perceptible, whereas the laryngeal and respiratory components of laughter are more likely to be involuntary and are definite. To this time the loction of this epilepsy is said to be related with temporal lobe and hypothalamus. This case which we present with reviewing of the literature has paroxysmally a burst of loud, high-pitched laughter without any emotional expression. It suggests that at the production of this laughter some fasciorespiratory pathways might be involved, and that the start of this epileptic discharge is probably from a lesion of the orbito-frontal area.
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Main subject:
Smiling
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Temporal Lobe
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Epilepsies, Partial
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Diagnosis
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Epilepsy
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Hypothalamus
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Laughter
Type of study:
Diagnostic study
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
Year:
1988
Type:
Article
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