Pilomotor seizures

Green, Joseph B. MD

From the Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dr. Green, Department of Psychiatry and Neurology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112.

Accepted for publication October 26, 1983.

Neurology 34(6):p 837-839, June 1984.

Article abstract

A 44-year-old man had frequent episodes of piloerection, or “gooseflesh.” Clinical and EEG evidence suggested that the attacks were pilomotor seizures, originating in the right temporal lobe. The cause was a glioblastoma. Paroxysmal piloerection is a rare manifestation of epilepsy.