TY - JOUR
T1 - Visually induced syncope
T2 - a nonepileptic manifestation of visual sensitivity?
AU - Seri, S.
AU - Cerquiglini, A.
AU - Harding, G.F.A.
PY - 2006/7/25
Y1 - 2006/7/25
N2 - Visual sensitivity, defined as the “susceptibility toward experiencing seizures, which are triggered by the physical characteristics of visual stimuli and not by their perceptual properties,”1 can manifest in the context of various forms of generalized or focal, idiopathic or symptomatic epilepsies.2 We report a patient with no family or personal history of epilepsy who presented episodes of loss of consciousness exclusively triggered by visual stimuli unrelated to their emotional content, in which we have documented EEG-EKG characteristics suggestive of a neurally mediated syncope.
AB - Visual sensitivity, defined as the “susceptibility toward experiencing seizures, which are triggered by the physical characteristics of visual stimuli and not by their perceptual properties,”1 can manifest in the context of various forms of generalized or focal, idiopathic or symptomatic epilepsies.2 We report a patient with no family or personal history of epilepsy who presented episodes of loss of consciousness exclusively triggered by visual stimuli unrelated to their emotional content, in which we have documented EEG-EKG characteristics suggestive of a neurally mediated syncope.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=33747042804&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.neurology.org/content/67/2/359
U2 - 10.1212/01.wnl.0000225058.42180.c2
DO - 10.1212/01.wnl.0000225058.42180.c2
M3 - Article
C2 - 16864842
SN - 0028-3878
VL - 67
SP - 359
EP - 360
JO - Neurology
JF - Neurology
IS - 2
ER -