Children’s Clinic, Tartu University Hospital, University of Tartu, L. Puusepa str. 8, 51014 Tartu, Estonia.
Medicina (Kaunas). 2012;48(7):359-63.
Two cases of gelastic epilepsy in a 6-year-old girl with attacks of mirthful laughter and a 38-year-old male patient with episodes of laughter without any positive emotions are presented. Temporal lobe epilepsy was diagnosed in the first case and possible frontal lobe epilepsy in the second case. It is concluded that that this rare form of epilepsy can be difficult to diagnose and treat, and can clinically be accompanied by urinary incontinence.
现报道 2 例发笑性癫痫患儿,例 1 为 6 岁女孩,表现为愉快的笑声;例 2 为 38 岁男性,表现为无任何正性情绪的笑声。例 1 诊断为颞叶癫痫,例 2 诊断为可能的额叶癫痫。结论认为,这种罕见形式的癫痫可能难以诊断和治疗,并且在临床上可能伴有尿失禁。