Table 1.
Review of clinical, imaging, and genetic aspects of EE patients
| authors, year [Ref] | n° of EE cases | mean age at eating sz onset (y) | sex (M/F) | trigger stimuli | imaging findings | genetic analysis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singh et al., 2019 [29] | 12 | 13.5 y | 11 M; 1 F | eating alone (75%); eating + anxiety; eating + bathing; eating + spontaneously |
normal (7 pts); + 5 pts. (41.6%), focal/bilateral sclerosis or gliosis |
na |
| von Stülpnagel et al., 2019 [2] | 8 | 6.9 y | 4 M; 4 F | biting; eating; chewing; oral sensory stimuli | normal | SYNGAP1 mutations |
|
Jagtap et al., 2016 [4] |
47 | 14.3 ± 9.8 y | 41 M; 6 F | eating; eating rice made food; oral sensory stimuli | + 16 pts. (34%), mainly PC lesions | na |
|
Yacubian et al., 2014 [30] |
3 | 15 y | 3 F | eating (independently of type of food) | normal | probably genetic due to familial clustering, but tested negative |
|
Sillanpää et al., 2014 [9] |
1 | 0 y | F | breast feeding | normal | na |
|
Patel et al., 2013 [31] |
6 | 11.3 ± 2.16 y | 3 M; 3 F | eating; eating rice made food; “thinking of eating” | + 5 pts. (83.3%), perysilvian F lobe and high F lesions | na |
|
Kokes et al., 2013 [32] |
6 | 20.3 y | 4 M; 2 F | chewing; swallowing; oral sensory stimuli | + 4 pts. (66.7%), L hemisphere lesions | na |
|
de Palma et al., 2012 [10] |
1 | 6 y | M |
eating; oral and gustatory sensory stimuli (mainly spicy food) |
normal | MECP2 duplication |
| Roche Martínez et al., 2011 [11] | 1 | 16 y | F | eating (independently of type of food) | normal | Rett syndrome but MECP2, CDKL5, FOXG1 tested negative |
|
Bae et al., 2011 [12] |
2 | 39.5 y | 1 M; 1 F | eating (independently of type of food) | normal | na |
|
d’Orsi et al., 2007 [33] |
1 | 25 y | M |
chewing; eating; swallowing |
+ bilateral opercular dysplasia |
na |
|
Loreto et al., 2000 [13] |
3 | 22.7 y | 2 M; 1 F | eating; sensory stimuli | + 2 pts. (66.7%), not specific | na |
|
Mandal et al., 1992 [34]a |
20 | na | 16 M; 4 F | eating; eating Indian, rice made food/ heavy meals | normal (in 7 pts. tested) | na |
|
Koul et al., 1991 [35]a |
78 | na | na | eating; swallowing | na | na |
|
Senanayake, 1990 [5] |
20 | 20 y | na | eating | na | probably genetic due to familial clustering |
|
Koul et al., 1989 [14] |
50 | 23.8 y | na | chewing; eating rice made food; swallowing | na | na |
|
Loiseau et al., 1986 [36] |
2 | 20.5 y | 2 M |
chewing (mainly); eating |
na | na |
|
Nagaraja et al., 1984 [15] |
13 | 14 y | 8 M; 5 F | chewing; eating Indian, rice made food/heavy meals; drinking | na | na |
|
Aguglia et al., 1983 [3] |
3 | 21.3 y | 2 M; 1 F |
chewing; eating (independently of type of food) |
na | na |
|
Ahuja et al., 1980 [16] |
3 | 21.7 y | 3 M | eating (only at home in 2 cases; both at home and outside in 1 case) | na | na |
|
Robertson et al., 1979 [37] |
1 | 14 y | M | eating (independently of type of food) | + internal capsule astrocytoma (involvement of the right caudate nucleus) | na |
|
Cirignotta et al., 1977 [38] |
1 | 16 y | F | eating (independently of type of food) | na | na |
|
Scollo-Lavizzari et al., 1967 [39] |
1 | 12 y | M |
chewing; eating; swallowing; sensory stimuli |
na | na |
EE eating epilepsy, F female, F frontal, L left, M male, n number, na not available, PC posterior cortex, pts. patients, sz seizures, y years
aonly Abstract available