Service de Neurologie, CHU Razi, 2010, La Manouba, Tunisia.
Neurol Sci. 2012 Jun;33(3):631-3. doi: 10.1007/s10072-011-0780-4. Epub 2011 Sep 20.
Hot water epilepsy (HWE) refers to a specific type of reflex epilepsy precipitated by the stimulus of bathing in hot water. Pathogenesis is still unknown and temporal lobe has been thought to take part in the epileptogenesis. HWE can be symptomatic of focal cortical malformation, and few cases were reported. This is the third report of HEW in which a parietal malformation has been observed. Our hypothesis that sensory cortex might be implicated in the epileptogenic process is corroborated by two previous reports on patients with HWE and malformation of the parietal cortical development.
热水性癫痫（HWE）是指一种由热水刺激引发的特定类型的反射性癫痫。其发病机制尚不清楚，颞叶被认为参与了癫痫的发生。HWE 可能是局灶性皮质发育不良的症状之一，已有少数病例报道。这是第三例观察到顶叶畸形的 HEW 报告。我们的假设是感觉皮层可能与癫痫发生过程有关，这一假设得到了另外两例 HWE 合并顶叶皮质发育不良患者报告的支持。
