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Eating seizures

MedGen UID:
581543
•Concept ID:
C0393725
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Eating epilepsy; eating epilepsy; eating reflex epilepsy; Eating reflex epilepsy; eating seizures
SNOMED CT: Eating epilepsy (230450001)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0015645
Orphanet: ORPHA166418

Definition

A rare reflex epilepsy characterized by in most cases complex partial seizures triggered by different components of eating, such as the sight of food, proprioceptive, olfactory or gustatory sensations, chewing, salivation, and gastric distension after food intake. The seizures may be idiopathic or associated with symptomatic localization-related epilepsies. [from ORDO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVEating seizures
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Professional guidelines

PubMed

Home management of pediatric sulfonylurea ingestions.
Temple C, Hoang R, Kusin S
Clin Toxicol (Phila) 2022 Nov;60(11):1235-1239. Epub 2022 Oct 25 doi: 10.1080/15563650.2022.2125875. PMID: 36282178
Psychopharmacologic treatment of eating disorders: emerging findings.
McElroy SL, Guerdjikova AI, Mori N, Keck PE Jr
Curr Psychiatry Rep 2015 May;17(5):35. doi: 10.1007/s11920-015-0573-1. PMID: 25796197
Psychogenic polydipsia review: etiology, differential, and treatment.
Dundas B, Harris M, Narasimhan M
Curr Psychiatry Rep 2007 Jun;9(3):236-41. doi: 10.1007/s11920-007-0025-7. PMID: 17521521

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Seizures triggered by eating - A rare form of reflex epilepsy: A systematic review.
Girges C, Vijiaratnam N, Wirth T, Tjoakarfa C, Idaszak J, Seneviratne U
Seizure 2020 Dec;83:21-31. Epub 2020 Sep 23 doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2020.09.013. PMID: 33080481
"Eating" epilepsy revisited- an electro-clinico-radiological study.
Jagtap S, Menon R, Cherian A, Baheti N, Ashalatha R, Thomas SV
J Clin Neurosci 2016 Aug;30:44-48. Epub 2016 Jun 2 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.10.049. PMID: 27265517
Vagus nerve stimulation might have a unique effect in reflex eating seizures.
Cukiert A, Mariani PP, Burattini JA, Cukiert CM, Forster C, Baise C, Argentoni-Baldochi M, Mello V
Epilepsia 2010 Feb;51(2):301-3. Epub 2009 Sep 22 doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02278.x. PMID: 19780799
'Eating epilepsy'--a reappraisal.
Senanayake N
Epilepsy Res 1990 Jan-Feb;5(1):74-9. doi: 10.1016/0920-1211(90)90067-6. PMID: 2303023
Eating seizures.
Loiseau P, Guyot M, Loiseau H, Rougier A, Desbordes P
Epilepsia 1986 Mar-Apr;27(2):161-3. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1986.tb03520.x. PMID: 3956455

Diagnosis

Seizures triggered by eating - A rare form of reflex epilepsy: A systematic review.
Girges C, Vijiaratnam N, Wirth T, Tjoakarfa C, Idaszak J, Seneviratne U
Seizure 2020 Dec;83:21-31. Epub 2020 Sep 23 doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2020.09.013. PMID: 33080481
"Eating" epilepsy revisited- an electro-clinico-radiological study.
Jagtap S, Menon R, Cherian A, Baheti N, Ashalatha R, Thomas SV
J Clin Neurosci 2016 Aug;30:44-48. Epub 2016 Jun 2 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.10.049. PMID: 27265517
Vagus nerve stimulation might have a unique effect in reflex eating seizures.
Cukiert A, Mariani PP, Burattini JA, Cukiert CM, Forster C, Baise C, Argentoni-Baldochi M, Mello V
Epilepsia 2010 Feb;51(2):301-3. Epub 2009 Sep 22 doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02278.x. PMID: 19780799
Eating seizures in Lennox-Gastaut syndrome.
Lee IH, Kwan SY, Su MS
Eur Neurol 2001;45(2):123-5. doi: 10.1159/000052108. PMID: 11244278
Eating seizures.
Aguglia U, Tinuper P
Eur Neurol 1983;22(3):227-31. doi: 10.1159/000115564. PMID: 6861807

Therapy

Seizures triggered by eating - A rare form of reflex epilepsy: A systematic review.
Girges C, Vijiaratnam N, Wirth T, Tjoakarfa C, Idaszak J, Seneviratne U
Seizure 2020 Dec;83:21-31. Epub 2020 Sep 23 doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2020.09.013. PMID: 33080481
Recurrence of Epileptic Spasms as Reflex Seizures Induced by Eating: A Case Report and Literature Review.
Kobayashi Y, Ishikawa N, Tani H, Fujii Y, Kobayashi M
Neuropediatrics 2017 Apr;48(2):119-122. Epub 2017 Jan 23 doi: 10.1055/s-0037-1598111. PMID: 28114705
Vagus nerve stimulation might have a unique effect in reflex eating seizures.
Cukiert A, Mariani PP, Burattini JA, Cukiert CM, Forster C, Baise C, Argentoni-Baldochi M, Mello V
Epilepsia 2010 Feb;51(2):301-3. Epub 2009 Sep 22 doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02278.x. PMID: 19780799
Eating seizures.
Aguglia U, Tinuper P
Eur Neurol 1983;22(3):227-31. doi: 10.1159/000115564. PMID: 6861807

Prognosis

Childhood moyamoya disease accompanying Leigh syndrome.
Cullu N, Karakas E, Karakas O, Deveer M, Calik M, Boyaci FN
J Pak Med Assoc 2013 Dec;63(12):1538-40. PMID: 24397103
Vagus nerve stimulation might have a unique effect in reflex eating seizures.
Cukiert A, Mariani PP, Burattini JA, Cukiert CM, Forster C, Baise C, Argentoni-Baldochi M, Mello V
Epilepsia 2010 Feb;51(2):301-3. Epub 2009 Sep 22 doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2009.02278.x. PMID: 19780799
Eating seizures.
Aguglia U, Tinuper P
Eur Neurol 1983;22(3):227-31. doi: 10.1159/000115564. PMID: 6861807

Clinical prediction guides

Familial eating epilepsy.
Senanayake N
J Neurol 1990 Oct;237(6):388-91. doi: 10.1007/BF00315667. PMID: 2277277
Eating seizures.
Aguglia U, Tinuper P
Eur Neurol 1983;22(3):227-31. doi: 10.1159/000115564. PMID: 6861807

Recent systematic reviews

Seizures triggered by eating - A rare form of reflex epilepsy: A systematic review.
Girges C, Vijiaratnam N, Wirth T, Tjoakarfa C, Idaszak J, Seneviratne U
Seizure 2020 Dec;83:21-31. Epub 2020 Sep 23 doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2020.09.013. PMID: 33080481

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