Literature review of test results
| Case report ( first author(year of publication)) | Age/sex | Aetiology or associated neurological disease | EEG findings | Associated symptoms1-150 |
| Féré1 (1896) | ?/M | Seizures since infancy | — | sud/the/los/sei |
| Hutchinson11(1898) | 50/M | Neurosyphilis | — | the/chi/sei |
| Féré10 (1904) | 53/M | Ophthalmoplegic migraine | — | sen/sei/sud/hea |
| Penfield12(1929) | 41/F | Pearly tumour of the third ventricle | — | chi/sud/crs/los |
| Landau13(1953) | 29/M | CNS involvement by streptococcal septicaemia | Theta bursts (interictal) | the/nps |
| Mulder5(1954) | 43/M | Grand mal | L temporal slow waves | Not described |
| Mulder5 (1954) | 25/F | Seizures since infancy | L temporal sharp waves (after metrazol) | crs/chi/los |
| Penfield14(1954) | ?/F | Unknown | — | gis/sud/crs |
| 29/F | Astrocytoma of L temporal lobe | — | crs/sei | |
| Brody4 (1960) | 53/F | Glioblastoma of R parieto-occipital lobe, thalamus and basal ganglia | R temporal theta rhythmic activity (ictal and interictal) | gis/the/los/sen nps/crs/tri |
| Andermann15 (1984) | 61/M | Glioblastoma of R temporal, frontal and insula lobe | — | the/chi/gis/sen |
| Green6 (1984) | 44/M | Glioblastoma of R temporal lobe | R frontotemporal 5 Hz spikes and waves (ictal) | sei/chi/sen/tri |
| Lesser16 (1985) | 35/M | L temporal lobectomy | L temporal paroxysmal alpha activity (ictal) | chi |
| Tyndell9 (1986) | 56/M | Glioblastoma of L parieto-temporal lobe | — | hea/sud/gis/sen the/nps |
| Brogna2 (1986) | 58/M | Astrocytoma of L mediobasal temporal lobe | L temporal rhythmic sharp wave (ictal, NPE) | sen/nps/tri/gis |
| Ahern8 (1986) | 35/M | R anterior temporal lobe post-traumatic contusion | Spike discharges (interictal, NPE) | hea/sud/nps/gis |
| Dupuy7(1989) | 56/M | Bilateral deep temporal radionecrosis | Generalised theta rhythmic activity (ictal) | chi |
| Scopetta3(1989) | 58/M | Glioma of L deep temporal lobe | L temporal theta rhythmic activity (ictal) | the/nps |
| Yu17(1998) | 29/M | Hippocampal sclerosis | L temporal spikes | nps/sei |
| Yu17 (1998) | 33/M | Meningioma of the sphenoid region | L temporal rhythmic discharges | los/nps/crs/chi |
| Present case | 66/M | Non-ketotic hyperglycaemia ? | Generalised theta rhythmic activity (ictal) | chi/the/tri nps/gis/crs |
↵1-150 crs=Cardiorespiratory symptoms; chi=chills; gis=gastrointestinal symptoms; hea=cephalic sensation (head); los=loss of consciousness; tri=emotional triggering factor; nps=neuropsychological disorders; sei=other kinds of seizure; sen=sensory symptoms; sud=sudomotor activity; the=thermal sensation; NPE=nasopharyngeal electrode.