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Focal bilateral motor seizure

MedGen UID:
1710584
Concept ID:
C5397725
Disease or Syndrome
HPO: HP:0032715

Definition

A type of focal motor seizure (it commences in one hemisphere) involving bilateral muscle groups rapidly at seizure onset. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Pack AM, Oskoui M, Williams Roberson S, Donley DK, French J, Gerard EE, Gloss D, Miller WR, Munger Clary HM, Osmundson SS, McFadden B, Parratt K, Pennell PB, Saade G, Smith DB, Sullivan K, Thomas SV, Tomson T, Dolan O'Brien M, Botchway-Doe K, Silsbee HM, Keezer MR
Neurology 2024 Jun;102(11):e209279. Epub 2024 May 15 doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000209279. PMID: 38748979Free PMC Article
Martín-Jiménez P, Sánchez-Tornero M, Llamas-Velasco S, Guerrero-Molina MP, González-Sánchez M, Herrero-San Martín A, Blanco-Palmero V, Calleja-Castaño P, Francisco-Gonzalo J, Hilario A, Ramos A, Salvador E, Toldos Ó, Hernández-Lain A, Pérez-Martínez DA, Villarejo-Galende A
Neurologia (Engl Ed) 2023 Oct;38(8):550-559. Epub 2023 Jul 10 doi: 10.1016/j.nrleng.2023.07.002. PMID: 37437655
Yamamoto T, Gil-Nagel A, Wheless JW, Kim JH, Wechsler RT
Epilepsy Behav 2022 Nov;136:108885. Epub 2022 Sep 21 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2022.108885. PMID: 36150304

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Nascimento FA, Friedman D, Peters JM, Bensalem-Owen MK, Cendes F, Rampp S, Wirrell E, Blümcke I, Tatum W, Beniczky S
Epileptic Disord 2023 Feb;25(1):1-17. Epub 2023 Apr 17 doi: 10.1002/epd2.20045. PMID: 36938903
Peña-Ceballos J, Moloney PB, Munteanu T, Doyle M, Colleran N, Liggan B, Breen A, Murphy S, El-Naggar H, Widdess-Walsh P, Delanty N
Epilepsia 2023 May;64(5):1225-1235. Epub 2023 Feb 27 doi: 10.1111/epi.17549. PMID: 36790345
Yamamoto T, Gil-Nagel A, Wheless JW, Kim JH, Wechsler RT
Epilepsy Behav 2022 Nov;136:108885. Epub 2022 Sep 21 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2022.108885. PMID: 36150304
Salanova V, Sperling MR, Gross RE, Irwin CP, Vollhaber JA, Giftakis JE, Fisher RS; SANTÉ Study Group
Epilepsia 2021 Jun;62(6):1306-1317. Epub 2021 Apr 8 doi: 10.1111/epi.16895. PMID: 33830503
Krauss GL, Klein P, Brandt C, Lee SK, Milanov I, Milovanovic M, Steinhoff BJ, Kamin M
Lancet Neurol 2020 Jan;19(1):38-48. Epub 2019 Nov 14 doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(19)30399-0. PMID: 31734103

Diagnosis

Bernini A, Dan J, Ryvlin P
Curr Opin Neurol 2024 Apr 1;37(2):99-104. Epub 2024 Feb 7 doi: 10.1097/WCO.0000000000001248. PMID: 38328946
Nascimento FA, Friedman D, Peters JM, Bensalem-Owen MK, Cendes F, Rampp S, Wirrell E, Blümcke I, Tatum W, Beniczky S
Epileptic Disord 2023 Feb;25(1):1-17. Epub 2023 Apr 17 doi: 10.1002/epd2.20045. PMID: 36938903
Specchio N, Pietrafusa N
Dev Med Child Neurol 2020 Aug;62(8):897-905. Epub 2020 May 5 doi: 10.1111/dmcn.14553. PMID: 32372459
Pack AM
Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2019 Apr;25(2):306-321. doi: 10.1212/CON.0000000000000707. PMID: 30921011
Fisher RS, Cross JH, French JA, Higurashi N, Hirsch E, Jansen FE, Lagae L, Moshé SL, Peltola J, Roulet Perez E, Scheffer IE, Zuberi SM
Epilepsia 2017 Apr;58(4):522-530. Epub 2017 Mar 8 doi: 10.1111/epi.13670. PMID: 28276060

Therapy

Yamamoto T, Gil-Nagel A, Wheless JW, Kim JH, Wechsler RT
Epilepsy Behav 2022 Nov;136:108885. Epub 2022 Sep 21 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2022.108885. PMID: 36150304
Salanova V, Sperling MR, Gross RE, Irwin CP, Vollhaber JA, Giftakis JE, Fisher RS; SANTÉ Study Group
Epilepsia 2021 Jun;62(6):1306-1317. Epub 2021 Apr 8 doi: 10.1111/epi.16895. PMID: 33830503
Krauss GL, Klein P, Brandt C, Lee SK, Milanov I, Milovanovic M, Steinhoff BJ, Kamin M
Lancet Neurol 2020 Jan;19(1):38-48. Epub 2019 Nov 14 doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(19)30399-0. PMID: 31734103
Rugg-Gunn F, Miserocchi A, McEvoy A
Pract Neurol 2020 Feb;20(1):4-14. Epub 2019 Aug 16 doi: 10.1136/practneurol-2019-002192. PMID: 31420415
Fisher R, Salanova V, Witt T, Worth R, Henry T, Gross R, Oommen K, Osorio I, Nazzaro J, Labar D, Kaplitt M, Sperling M, Sandok E, Neal J, Handforth A, Stern J, DeSalles A, Chung S, Shetter A, Bergen D, Bakay R, Henderson J, French J, Baltuch G, Rosenfeld W, Youkilis A, Marks W, Garcia P, Barbaro N, Fountain N, Bazil C, Goodman R, McKhann G, Babu Krishnamurthy K, Papavassiliou S, Epstein C, Pollard J, Tonder L, Grebin J, Coffey R, Graves N; SANTE Study Group
Epilepsia 2010 May;51(5):899-908. Epub 2010 Mar 17 doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02536.x. PMID: 20331461

Prognosis

Salanova V, Sperling MR, Gross RE, Irwin CP, Vollhaber JA, Giftakis JE, Fisher RS; SANTÉ Study Group
Epilepsia 2021 Jun;62(6):1306-1317. Epub 2021 Apr 8 doi: 10.1111/epi.16895. PMID: 33830503
Levine JM, Ahsan N, Ho E, Santoro JD
Mult Scler Relat Disord 2020 Aug;43:102194. Epub 2020 May 15 doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2020.102194. PMID: 32426208Free PMC Article
Specchio N, Pietrafusa N
Dev Med Child Neurol 2020 Aug;62(8):897-905. Epub 2020 May 5 doi: 10.1111/dmcn.14553. PMID: 32372459
Dulac O, Takahashi T
Handb Clin Neurol 2013;111:681-9. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-52891-9.00070-1. PMID: 23622215
Fisher R, Salanova V, Witt T, Worth R, Henry T, Gross R, Oommen K, Osorio I, Nazzaro J, Labar D, Kaplitt M, Sperling M, Sandok E, Neal J, Handforth A, Stern J, DeSalles A, Chung S, Shetter A, Bergen D, Bakay R, Henderson J, French J, Baltuch G, Rosenfeld W, Youkilis A, Marks W, Garcia P, Barbaro N, Fountain N, Bazil C, Goodman R, McKhann G, Babu Krishnamurthy K, Papavassiliou S, Epstein C, Pollard J, Tonder L, Grebin J, Coffey R, Graves N; SANTE Study Group
Epilepsia 2010 May;51(5):899-908. Epub 2010 Mar 17 doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2010.02536.x. PMID: 20331461

Clinical prediction guides

Panza N, Bianchini C, Cetica V, Balestrini S, Barba C, Ferrari AR, Mei D, Parmeggiani L, Parrini E, Guerrini R
Epilepsia Open 2024 Feb;9(1):417-423. Epub 2023 Dec 15 doi: 10.1002/epi4.12843. PMID: 37805811Free PMC Article
Sundaramurthi JC, Bagley AM, Blau H, Carmody L, Crandall A, Danis D, Gargano MA, Gustafson AG, Raney EM, Shingle M, Davids JR, Robinson PN
Cold Spring Harb Mol Case Stud 2023 Dec;9(4) Epub 2024 Jan 10 doi: 10.1101/mcs.a006293. PMID: 37684057Free PMC Article
Beltrán-Corbellini Á, Romeral-Jiménez M, Mayo P, Sánchez-Miranda Román I, Iruzubieta P, Chico-García JL, Parra-Díaz P, García-Morales I, Toledano R, Aledo-Serrano Á, Gil-Nagel A
Seizure 2023 Oct;111:71-77. Epub 2023 Aug 2 doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2023.07.026. PMID: 37549616
Wu TQ, Kaboodvand N, McGinn RJ, Veit M, Davey Z, Datta A, Graber KD, Meador KJ, Fisher R, Buch V, Parvizi J
Brain 2023 Jul 3;146(7):2792-2802. doi: 10.1093/brain/awad121. PMID: 37137813Free PMC Article
El Youssef N, Jegou A, Makhalova J, Naccache L, Bénar C, Bartolomei F
Sci Rep 2022 Dec 24;12(1):22276. doi: 10.1038/s41598-022-25861-4. PMID: 36566285Free PMC Article

Recent systematic reviews

Fayad C, Saad K, Kahwagi GJ, Hallit S, Griffin D, Abou-Khalil R, El-Hayek E
PLoS One 2024;19(4):e0300930. Epub 2024 Apr 9 doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0300930. PMID: 38593118Free PMC Article
Rondão MBA, Hsu BRRHS, Centeno RS, de Aguiar PHP
Seizure 2023 Aug;110:58-68. Epub 2023 Jun 3 doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2023.04.020. PMID: 37327751
Lavu A, Aboulatta L, Abou-Setta AM, Aloud B, Askin N, Rabbani R, Shouman W, Zarychanski R, Eltonsy S
Seizure 2022 Nov;102:54-60. Epub 2022 Sep 29 doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2022.09.020. PMID: 36206645
Cutillo G, Tolba H, Hirsch LJ
Epilepsy Behav 2021 Apr;117:107815. Epub 2021 Feb 26 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.107815. PMID: 33640562
Christie H, D'Souza W, Cook M, Seneviratne U
Epilepsy Behav 2021 Mar;116:107769. Epub 2021 Feb 5 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2021.107769. PMID: 33556863

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