Spiders, Ladybugs and Bees: A Case of Unusual Sensations in a Child with Cingulate Epilepsy

We describe a child with cingulate epilepsy who experienced unpleasant/painful sensory phenomenon. The sensations were described as spiders crawling on his forehead/ right leg, ladybugs causing right ear pain and bees stinging his head/right extremities. Unpleasant sensory phenomenon/pain are rarely reported in cingulate epilepsy. Recognizing the role of the cingulate in producing pain/unusual sensory phenomenon is important, and may have localizing value when evaluating children for epilepsy surgery.

Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports - April 29, 2017 Category: Neurology Source Type: research