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ArticleEpilepsy & behavior case reports2017

Spiders, ladybugs and bees: A case of unusual sensations in a child with cingulate epilepsy.

Robyn Whitney, Sameer AlMehmadi, Cristina Go, Ayako Ochi, Hiroshi Otsubo, Laura Bradbury, Kevin Jones, Eisha Christian, James Rutka, Bláthnaid McCoy

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Article in Epilepsy & behavior case reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Robyn WhitneyDivision of Neurology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Sameer AlMehmadiDivision of Neurology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Cristina GoDivision of Neurology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Ayako OchiDivision of Neurology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Hiroshi OtsuboDivision of Neurology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Laura BradburyDivision of Neurology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Kevin JonesDivision of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster Children's Hospital, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada.
Eisha ChristianDivision of Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
James RutkaDivision of Neurosurgery, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Bláthnaid McCoyDivision of Neurology, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Hospital for Sick Children · CAMcMaster Children's Hospital · CA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Cingulate epilepsy is a rare form of epilepsy. Seizures from the anterior cingulate may present with mood change, fear, hypermotor activity, and autonomic signs, while posterior cingulate seizures resemble temporal lobe seizures. We describe a child with cingulate epilepsy who experienced unpleasant/painful sensory phenomenon. The sensations were described as spiders crawling on his forehead/right leg, ladybugs causing right ear pain and bees stinging his head/right extremities. Unpleasant sensory phenomenon/pain are rarely reported in cingulate epilepsy. Recognizing the role of the cingulate in producing pain/unusual sensory phenomenon is important, and may have localizing value when evaluating children for epilepsy surgery.

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PMID28603689
PMCPMC5451186
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