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Review
. 2002 Jan 22;58(2):302-4.
doi: 10.1212/wnl.58.2.302.

Orgasmic aura originates from the right hemisphere

J Janszky  1 , A Szücs, P Halász, C Borbély, A Holló, P Barsi, Z Mirnics
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Review

Orgasmic aura originates from the right hemisphere

J Janszky et al. Neurology. .

Abstract

The authors present a patient with right mesiotemporal epileptogenic region who experienced orgasmic epileptic aura. Twenty-two similar published cases were also evaluated. Among 15 patients with unilateral EEG foci, 13 (87%) had right and 2 (13%) had left focus. All of the nine patients who had sufficient data on ictal onset area had right-sided seizure onset. The authors suggest that orgasmic aura is an ictal lateralizing sign to the right hemisphere.

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