"Gourmand syndrome" in a child with pharmacoresistant epilepsy

Kurian, M.; Schmitt-Mechelke, T.; Korff, Christian; Delavelle, Jacqueline; Landis, Theodor; Seeck, Margitta

doi:10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.04.004

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"Gourmand syndrome" in a child with pharmacoresistant epilepsy

Contributors

Kurian, M.; Schmitt-Mechelke, T.; Korff, Christian

; Delavelle, Jacqueline; Landis, Theodor; Seeck, Margitta

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Epilepsy & behavior, vol. 13, no. 2, p. 413-415

Publication date

2008

Abstract

We report the case of a 10-year-old boy with pharmacoresistant epilepsy, symptomatic of a right temporoparietal hemorrhagic lesion, who displayed an eating passion as described for the gourmand syndrome (GS) in adults and discuss the role of epilepsy in GS. This patient presented with a significant change in his eating habits (abnormal preoccupation with the preparation and eating of fine-quality food) concordant with the onset of his seizure disorder, without any previous history of eating disorders or psychiatric illness. This observation corroborates the important role of the right cerebral hemisphere in disturbed eating habits, including the relatively benign GS, and, possibly rarely, in less benign eating disorders such as anorexia and obesity.

Keywords

Anticonvulsants/therapeutic use
Appetite/physiology
Cerebral Hemorrhage/complications/physiopathology
Child
Dominance, Cerebral/physiology
Drug Resistance
Eating Disorders/diagnosis/drug therapy/physiopathology
Epilepsy/diagnosis/drug therapy/physiopathology
Feeding Behavior/physiology
Humans
Male
Neuropsychological Tests
Parietal Lobe/physiopathology
Temporal Lobe/physiopathology

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Epilepsie et Chirurgie (149)

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KURIAN, M. et al. ‘Gourmand syndrome’ in a child with pharmacoresistant epilepsy. In: Epilepsy & behavior, 2008, vol. 13, n° 2, p. 413–415. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.04.004

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PID : unige:1121
DOI : 10.1016/j.yebeh.2008.04.004
PMID : 18502182

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1525-5050

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