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Absence Status Manifested by Compulsive Masturbation

Absence Status Manifested by Compulsive Masturbation Abstract • Absence status manifested by compulsive masturbation occurred in a 41-year-old man with generalized epilepsy. lctal simple and complex sexual manifestations during partial seizures in focal epilepsy are rare, but, to our knowledge, our report of this sexual automatism during absence status in generalized epilepsy is unique. References 1. Penry JK, Dreifuss FE: Automatisms associated with the absence of petit mal epilepsy . Arch Neurol 1969;21:142-149.Crossref 2. Andermann F, Robb JP: Absence status: A reappraisal following review of 38 patients . Epilepsia 1972;13:177-187.Crossref 3. Niedermeyer E, Khalifeh R: Petit mal status ('spike-wave stupor'): An electro-clinical appraisal . Epilepsia 1965;6:250-262.Crossref 4. Mirsky AF, Van Buren JM: On the nature of the 'absence' in centrencephalic epilepsy: A study of some behavioral, electroencephalographic and autonomic factors . Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1965;18:334-348.Crossref 5. Gastaut H, Collomb H: Etude du comportement sexuel chez les epileptiques psychomoteurs . Ann Med Psychol 1954;112:657-696. 6. Howell DA: Unusual centrencephalic seizure patterns . Brain 1955;78:199-208.Crossref 7. Van Reeth PC, Dierkens J, Luminet D: L'hypersexualite dans l'epilepsie et les tumeurs du lobe temporal . Ada Neurol Psychiatr Belg 1958;58:194-218. 8. Freemon FR, Nevis AH: Temporal lobe sexual seizures . Neurology 1969;19:87-90.Crossref 9. Bancaud J, Favel P, Bonis A, et al: Manifestations sexuelles paroxystiques et epilepsie temporale: Etude clinique, EEG et SEEG d'une epilepsie d'origine tumorale . Rev Neurol 1970;123:217-230. 10. Currier RD, Little SC, Suess JF, et al: Sexual seizures . Arch Neurol 1971;25:260-264.Crossref 11. Remillard GM, Andermann F, Testa GF, et al: Sexual ictal manifestations predominate in women with temporal lobe epilepsy: A finding suggesting sexual dimorphism in the human brain . Neurology 1983;33:323-330.Crossref 12. Blumer D: Hypersexual episodes in a temporal lobe epilepsy . Am J Psychiatry 1970;126:1099-1106. 13. Taylor DC: Sexual behavior and temporal lobe epilepsy . Arch Neurol 1969;21:510-516.Crossref 14. Terzian H, Dalle Ore G: Syndrome of Kluver and Bucy reproduced in man by bilateral removal of temporal lobes . Neurology 1955;5:373-380.Crossref 15. Mosovich A, Tallaferro A: Studies on EEG and sex function orgasm . Dis Nerv Syst 1954;15:218-220. 16. Cohen HD, Rosen RC, Goldstein L: Electroencephalographic laterality changes during human sexual orgasm . Arch Sex Behav 1976;5:189-199.Crossref 17. Heath RG (ed): The Role of Pleasure in Behavior . New York, Harper & Row Publishers Inc, 1964. 18. Stoffels C, Munari C, Bossi A, et al: Manifestations genitales et 'sexuelle' lors des crises epileptiques chez l'homme . Rev Electroencephalogr Neurophysiol Clin 1980;10:386-392.Crossref 19. Niedermeyer E: The occurrence of generalized (centrencephalic) and focal seizure patterns in the same patients . Johns Hopkins Med J 1968;122:11-15. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Neurology American Medical Association

Absence Status Manifested by Compulsive Masturbation

Archives of Neurology , Volume 40 (8) – Aug 1, 1983

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0003-9942
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10.1001/archneur.1983.04210070063017
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Abstract

Abstract • Absence status manifested by compulsive masturbation occurred in a 41-year-old man with generalized epilepsy. lctal simple and complex sexual manifestations during partial seizures in focal epilepsy are rare, but, to our knowledge, our report of this sexual automatism during absence status in generalized epilepsy is unique. References 1. Penry JK, Dreifuss FE: Automatisms associated with the absence of petit mal epilepsy . Arch Neurol 1969;21:142-149.Crossref 2. Andermann F, Robb JP: Absence status: A reappraisal following review of 38 patients . Epilepsia 1972;13:177-187.Crossref 3. Niedermeyer E, Khalifeh R: Petit mal status ('spike-wave stupor'): An electro-clinical appraisal . Epilepsia 1965;6:250-262.Crossref 4. Mirsky AF, Van Buren JM: On the nature of the 'absence' in centrencephalic epilepsy: A study of some behavioral, electroencephalographic and autonomic factors . Electroencephalogr Clin Neurophysiol 1965;18:334-348.Crossref 5. Gastaut H, Collomb H: Etude du comportement sexuel chez les epileptiques psychomoteurs . Ann Med Psychol 1954;112:657-696. 6. Howell DA: Unusual centrencephalic seizure patterns . Brain 1955;78:199-208.Crossref 7. Van Reeth PC, Dierkens J, Luminet D: L'hypersexualite dans l'epilepsie et les tumeurs du lobe temporal . Ada Neurol Psychiatr Belg 1958;58:194-218. 8. Freemon FR, Nevis AH: Temporal lobe sexual seizures . Neurology 1969;19:87-90.Crossref 9. Bancaud J, Favel P, Bonis A, et al: Manifestations sexuelles paroxystiques et epilepsie temporale: Etude clinique, EEG et SEEG d'une epilepsie d'origine tumorale . Rev Neurol 1970;123:217-230. 10. Currier RD, Little SC, Suess JF, et al: Sexual seizures . Arch Neurol 1971;25:260-264.Crossref 11. Remillard GM, Andermann F, Testa GF, et al: Sexual ictal manifestations predominate in women with temporal lobe epilepsy: A finding suggesting sexual dimorphism in the human brain . Neurology 1983;33:323-330.Crossref 12. Blumer D: Hypersexual episodes in a temporal lobe epilepsy . Am J Psychiatry 1970;126:1099-1106. 13. Taylor DC: Sexual behavior and temporal lobe epilepsy . Arch Neurol 1969;21:510-516.Crossref 14. Terzian H, Dalle Ore G: Syndrome of Kluver and Bucy reproduced in man by bilateral removal of temporal lobes . Neurology 1955;5:373-380.Crossref 15. Mosovich A, Tallaferro A: Studies on EEG and sex function orgasm . Dis Nerv Syst 1954;15:218-220. 16. Cohen HD, Rosen RC, Goldstein L: Electroencephalographic laterality changes during human sexual orgasm . Arch Sex Behav 1976;5:189-199.Crossref 17. Heath RG (ed): The Role of Pleasure in Behavior . New York, Harper & Row Publishers Inc, 1964. 18. Stoffels C, Munari C, Bossi A, et al: Manifestations genitales et 'sexuelle' lors des crises epileptiques chez l'homme . Rev Electroencephalogr Neurophysiol Clin 1980;10:386-392.Crossref 19. Niedermeyer E: The occurrence of generalized (centrencephalic) and focal seizure patterns in the same patients . Johns Hopkins Med J 1968;122:11-15.

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Published: Aug 1, 1983

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