Publication: Semiological differences of focal onset bilateral motor (convulsive) seizure between mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and neocortical epilepsy
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2021-02-01
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18726844
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09201211
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Mahidol University
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Epilepsy Research. Vol.170, (2021)
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Pritsana Punyawai, Naotaka Usui, Akihiko Kondo, Naoki Ichikawa, Takayasu Tottori, Kiyohito Terada, Yukitoshi Takahashi, Yushi Inoue Semiological differences of focal onset bilateral motor (convulsive) seizure between mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and neocortical epilepsy. Epilepsy Research. Vol.170, (2021). doi:10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2021.106553 Retrieved from: https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/78481
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Semiological differences of focal onset bilateral motor (convulsive) seizure between mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and neocortical epilepsy
Abstract
Objective: We investigated the semiology of focal onset bilateral motor (convulsive) seizure (FBMS) in patients with intractable focal epilepsy who underwent epilepsy surgery to understand its value in localizing the origin of the seizure. Methods: The study included 20 patients who underwent resective surgery after intracranial video-EEG monitoring (iEEG) with a favorable seizure outcome (Engel class I), and had at least one FBMS during iEEG. The diagnosis was mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) for 7 patients and neocortical epilepsy (NE) for 13 patients (lateral temporal lobe, 3; posterior cortex, 6; frontal lobe, 3; perirolandic, 1). Videotaped FBMSs were carefully analyzed. Results: A generalized tonic phase appeared in all 7 patients with MTLE, but was absent in 6 of the 13 patients with NE (P =.044). Tonic cry was more frequently observed in MTLE than in NE (P =.012). Facial tonicity preceding limb tonicity was more frequently seen in patients with MTLE (P =.001). Conclusion: Notably, patients with MTLE and those with NE showed semiological differences during bilateralization. FBMS includes not only focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizure but also focal to bilateral clonic seizure.