Dacrystic seizures
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Dacrystic seizures. Hypothalamic hamartomas: these usually also manifest with gelastic seizures. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Causes
- Hypothalamic hamartomas: these usually also manifest with gelastic seizures
- Temporal lobe lesions: there are usually no accompanying gelastic seizures
Clinical features
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Associated features
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Differential diagnosis: functional seizures: features
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Differential diagnosis: others
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References
- Elzawahry H, Fo CS, Lin K, Benbadis SR. The diagnostic utility of the ictal cry. Epilepsy Behav 2010; 18:306-307.
- Luciano D, Devinsky O, Perrine K. Crying seizures. Neurology 1993; 43:2113-2117.
- Hogan RE, Rao VK. Hemifacial motor and crying seizures of temporal lobe onset: case report and review of electro-clinical localisation. JNNP 2006; 77: 107-110.
- Medina JC, Galván R, Garfias CY, Arteaga DJ. A case report of dacrystic seizures in the psychiatric emergency services department. Cureus 2022; 14:e23632.
- Blumberg J, Fernández IS, Vendrame M, et al. Dacrystic seizures: demographic, semiologic, and etiologic insights from a multicenter study in long-term video-EEG monitoring units. Epilepsia 2012; 53:1810-1819.
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