Table 2.
VEEG findings of bathing seizures in children.
| Pt | Age | Background | Interictal epileptic discharge | Latency after initiation of bathing | Semiology | Ictal EEG | Duration of seizure in VEEG | Background rhythm after seizure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 y 2 m | Normal | No | 4 s | Motor arrest, lip cyanosis, tachycardia (105/min → 160/min), pallor, impaired consciousness | Left temporal region low-amplitude spike mixture medium amplitude delta wave → diffuse medium-high-medium amplitude delta rhythm in various regions | 157 s | Generalized slow waves |
| 2 | 10 m | Normal | No | 7 s | Motor arrest, bradycardia (120/min → 90/min), lip cyanosis, impaired consciousness | Right temporal region medium-amplitude rhythmic theta and sharp wave → diffuse medium-high amplitude delta rhythm in various regions | 68 s | Generalized slow waves |
| 3 | 10 m | Normal | No | 10 s | Motor arrest, lip cyanosis, tachycardia (120/min → 180/min), pallor, impaired consciousness | Left temporal region medium-amplitude rhythmic theta and sharp wave → diffuse medium-high amplitude delta rhythm in various regions | 70 s | Generalized slow waves |
| 4 | 9 m | Normal | No | 10 s | Lip cyanosis, tachycardia (120/min → 180/min), oral automatisms, limpness, pallor, impaired consciousness | Left temporal region low-amplitude rhythmic fast wave → diffuse extremely high amplitude delta rhythm in various regions | 95 s | Generalized slow waves |
| 5 | 9 m | Normal | Small spike in Rolandic region | 6 s | Lip cyanosis, bradycardia (120/min → 90/min), limpness, impaired consciousness | Left temporal region low-amplitude rhythmic fast wave → diffuse high-extremely high amplitude delta rhythm in various regions | 115 s | Generalized slow waves |
| 6 | 8 m | Normal | No | 5–6 s | Lip cyanosis, tachycardia (115/min → 180/min), pallor, oral automatisms, limpness, impaired consciousness | Right temporal region low-amplitude rhythmic fast wave → diffuse extremely high amplitude delta rhythm in various regions | 168 s | Generalized slow waves |
| 7 | 8 m | Normal | No | 6 s | Lip cyanosis, limpness, Bradycardia (120 → 90/min) impaired consciousness | Right temporo-occipital region medium-amplitude rhythmic theta and sharp wave → diffuse medium-high amplitude delta rhythm on the right side | 57 s | Generalized slow waves |
| 8 | 9 m 7 d | Normal | No | 3.5 s | Lip cyanosis, Bradycardia (125/min → 80/min), wandering gaze, staring gaze, limpness, pallor, impaired consciousness | Left temporal region low-medium amplitude rhythmic sharp-slow wave → diffuse high-amplitude delta rhythm in various regions → generalized suppression → diffuse high-amplitude delta rhythm in various regions | 201 s | Generalized slow waves |
| 9 | 7 m 19 d | Normal | No | 9 s | Lip cyanosis, Bradycardia (120/min → 90/min), limpness, impaired consciousness | Left temporal region low-amplitude rhythmic fast wave → diffuse medium-high amplitude delta rhythm in various regions | 92 s | Generalized slow waves |
| 10 | 4 m 22 d | Slightly slow | Sharp in the frontal, central, parietal, and temporal regions | 5 s | Eyes gazing to the right, clonic movements of the right face and lips, lip cyanosis, Bradycardia (140/min → 85/min), impaired consciousness | Left central, parietal, and temporal spike-slow wave rhythm → high-amplitude slow waves in each region → high-extremely high amplitude spikes and spike-slow wave in the left hemisphere, spread midline region | 104 s | Rhythmic delta slow waves over the left hemisphere |