1043-3155 Pediatr Neurol Briefs pedneurbriefs Pediatr Neurol Briefs Pediatric Neurology Briefs Pediatr Neurol Briefs 2166-6482 1043-3155 2166-3155 Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers Chicago, IL, USA PNB-8-28 10.15844/pedneurbriefs-8-4-6 Seizure Disorders Neurology Pediatrics Nervous System Diseases Child Development Brain Diseases Neurosurgery Child Infant Video Game-Related Seizures http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0173-7931 Millichap J. Gordon MD 1 2 * Division of Neurology, Children's Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL Departments of Pediatrics and Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL Correspondence: Dr. J. Gordon Millichap, E-mail: jgmillichap@northwestern.edu 04 1994 01 06 2016 8 4 28 29 Copyright: © 1994 The Author(s) 1994 This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. Video game-related seizures: a report on 10 patients and a review of the literature

The manifestations of video game-related seizures (VGRS) in 10 patients aged 1-22 years examined and 25 case-reports reviewed are reported from the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA.

 Video Game-Related Seizures Febrile Seizures Photoparoxysmal

The manifestations of video game-related seizures (VGRS) in 10 patients aged 1-22 years examined and 25 case-reports reviewed are reported from the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, WA. Prior susceptibility to epilepsy was evident in 8 patients with infrequent nonfebrile seizures, 4 with febrile seizures, and 2 with a positive family history, a total of 14 (40%). VGRS patterns were generalized tonic-clonic in 22 (63%), simple partial in 6 (19%), complex partial in 4 (11%), and absence in 2 (6%). Electroencephalographic epileptic patterns occurred in 11 of 21 patients (52%) and photoparoxysmal responses in 17 of 32 ((53%). Treatment was successful in 11 of 15 (73%) who only abstained from video game playing, in 3 of 6 who continued playing VGs and received anticonvulsant drugs, and 7 of 12 who abstained from VGs and also received AEDs. [1]

COMMENT. Abstinence from playing or watching video games is the treatment of choice for patients with VGR seizures. Anticonvulsant medication may be warranted in patients who also have unprovoked seizures. The authors suggest that VGRS are more frequent than commonly recognized.

 Graf WD Chatrian GE Glass ST Knauss TA Video game-related seizures: a report on 10 patients and a review of the literature Pediatrics 1994 Apr 93 4 551 556 8134207