PILOMOTOR SEIZURES

We report pilomotor seizures in two patients who had piloerection or g ooseflesh spreading in a pattern like the 'Jacksonian march', confined ipsilaterally to the lesion side. The first patient presented this in conjunction with complex partial seizures. Left anterior temporal lob ectomy abolished pilomotor and other seizures. Pathological study demo nstrated hippocampal sclerosis. A meningioma near the left sphenoid re gion, incompletely removed, is the likely cause of pilomotor seizures in the second patient. Carbamazepine reduced these attacks. To our kno wledge, hippocampal sclerosis and meningioma have never been linked to pilomotor seizures.