Eating epilepsy associated with a deep forebrain glioma

Seizures associated with deglutition are rare, and previously reported cases of so‐called eating epilepsy have not identified specific electrophysiological or anatomical foci. We evaluated a 14‐year‐old with a deep hemispheric astrocytoma in whom focal sezures were consistently triggered by eating. Electroencephalograms were consistent with a deeply located seizure focus. Eating epilepsy should be grouped with reflex epilepsies that may originate with the diencephalon.