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Focal aware automatism seizure

MedGen UID:
1714423
•Concept ID:
C5397915
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Focal onset aware automatism epileptic seizure; Focal onset aware automatism seizure; Focal-onset aware automatism epileptic seizure
SNOMED CT: Focal-onset aware automatism epileptic seizure (1269356000); Focal onset aware automatism seizure (1269356000); Focal onset aware automatism epileptic seizure (1269356000); Focal aware automatism seizure (1269356000)
 
HPO: HP:0032910

Definition

A type of focal automatism seizure during which awareness is fully retained throughout. [from HPO]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Early identification of seizure freedom with medical treatment in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and hippocampal sclerosis.
Cheval M, Houot M, Chastan N, Szurhaj W, Marchal C, Catenoix H, Valton L, Gavaret M, Herlin B, Biraben A, Lagarde S, Mazzola L, Minotti L, Maillard L, Dupont S
J Neurol 2023 May;270(5):2715-2723. Epub 2023 Feb 10 doi: 10.1007/s00415-023-11603-7. PMID: 36763175

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Distinction between epileptic and non-epileptic arousal by heart rate change.
Kubota T, Thyagaraj S, Gia Huynh H, Kanubhai Gajera P, Awori V, Zande JL, Lüders HO, Fernandez-Baca Vaca G
Epilepsy Behav 2023 Nov;148:109487. Epub 2023 Oct 27 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2023.109487. PMID: 37897862
Clinical and electrographic characteristics of seizures in LGI1-antibody encephalitis.
Li LH, Ma CC, Zhang HF, Lian YJ
Epilepsy Behav 2018 Nov;88:277-282. Epub 2018 Oct 15 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.08.019. PMID: 30332659
The incidence and significance of periictal apnea in epileptic seizures.
Lacuey N, Zonjy B, Hampson JP, Rani MRS, Zaremba A, Sainju RK, Gehlbach BK, Schuele S, Friedman D, Devinsky O, Nei M, Harper RM, Allen L, Diehl B, Millichap JJ, Bateman L, Granner MA, Dragon DN, Richerson GB, Lhatoo SD
Epilepsia 2018 Mar;59(3):573-582. Epub 2018 Jan 16 doi: 10.1111/epi.14006. PMID: 29336036Free PMC Article
Seizure ending signs in patients with dyscognitive focal seizures.
Gavvala JR, Gerard EE, Macken M, Schuele SU
Epileptic Disord 2015 Sep;17(3):255-62. doi: 10.1684/epd.2015.0763. PMID: 26271680
Hemispheric epilepsy.
Blume WT
Brain 1998 Oct;121 ( Pt 10):1937-49. doi: 10.1093/brain/121.10.1937. PMID: 9798748

Diagnosis

A Class-Imbalance Aware and Explainable Spatio-Temporal Graph Attention Network for Neonatal Seizure Detection.
Raeisi K, Khazaei M, Tamburro G, Croce P, Comani S, Zappasodi F
Int J Neural Syst 2023 Sep;33(9):2350046. Epub 2023 Jul 28 doi: 10.1142/S0129065723500466. PMID: 37497802
Clinical and electrographic characteristics of seizures in LGI1-antibody encephalitis.
Li LH, Ma CC, Zhang HF, Lian YJ
Epilepsy Behav 2018 Nov;88:277-282. Epub 2018 Oct 15 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.08.019. PMID: 30332659
The incidence and significance of periictal apnea in epileptic seizures.
Lacuey N, Zonjy B, Hampson JP, Rani MRS, Zaremba A, Sainju RK, Gehlbach BK, Schuele S, Friedman D, Devinsky O, Nei M, Harper RM, Allen L, Diehl B, Millichap JJ, Bateman L, Granner MA, Dragon DN, Richerson GB, Lhatoo SD
Epilepsia 2018 Mar;59(3):573-582. Epub 2018 Jan 16 doi: 10.1111/epi.14006. PMID: 29336036Free PMC Article
Operational classification of seizure types by the International League Against Epilepsy: Position Paper of the ILAE Commission for Classification and Terminology.
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
Consciousness as a useful concept in epilepsy classification.
Blumenfeld H, Meador KJ
Epilepsia 2014 Aug;55(8):1145-50. Epub 2014 Jun 30 doi: 10.1111/epi.12588. PMID: 24981294Free PMC Article

Therapy

Non-convulsive febrile status epilepticus mimicking a postictal state after a febrile seizure: an ictal electroclinical and evolutive study.
Proietti J, Fiorini E, Meneghello L, Cantalupo G, Fontana E, Lo Barco T, Bernardina BD, Darra F
Epileptic Disord 2022 Apr 1;24(2):387-396. doi: 10.1684/epd.2021.1402. PMID: 35014611
Clinical and electrographic characteristics of seizures in LGI1-antibody encephalitis.
Li LH, Ma CC, Zhang HF, Lian YJ
Epilepsy Behav 2018 Nov;88:277-282. Epub 2018 Oct 15 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.08.019. PMID: 30332659
Partial seizures in children: clinical features, medical treatment, and surgical considerations.
Wyllie E, Rothner AD, Lüders H
Pediatr Clin North Am 1989 Apr;36(2):343-64. doi: 10.1016/s0031-3955(16)36653-6. PMID: 2494638

Prognosis

Early identification of seizure freedom with medical treatment in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and hippocampal sclerosis.
Cheval M, Houot M, Chastan N, Szurhaj W, Marchal C, Catenoix H, Valton L, Gavaret M, Herlin B, Biraben A, Lagarde S, Mazzola L, Minotti L, Maillard L, Dupont S
J Neurol 2023 May;270(5):2715-2723. Epub 2023 Feb 10 doi: 10.1007/s00415-023-11603-7. PMID: 36763175
Prevalence, clinical characteristics, and seizure outcomes of epilepsy due to calcific clinical stage of neurocysticercosis: Study in a rural community in south India.
Murthy JMK, Seshadri V
Epilepsy Behav 2019 Sep;98(Pt A):168-172. Epub 2019 Jul 31 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2019.07.024. PMID: 31376678
Clinical and electrographic characteristics of seizures in LGI1-antibody encephalitis.
Li LH, Ma CC, Zhang HF, Lian YJ
Epilepsy Behav 2018 Nov;88:277-282. Epub 2018 Oct 15 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.08.019. PMID: 30332659
The incidence and significance of periictal apnea in epileptic seizures.
Lacuey N, Zonjy B, Hampson JP, Rani MRS, Zaremba A, Sainju RK, Gehlbach BK, Schuele S, Friedman D, Devinsky O, Nei M, Harper RM, Allen L, Diehl B, Millichap JJ, Bateman L, Granner MA, Dragon DN, Richerson GB, Lhatoo SD
Epilepsia 2018 Mar;59(3):573-582. Epub 2018 Jan 16 doi: 10.1111/epi.14006. PMID: 29336036Free PMC Article
Hemispheric epilepsy.
Blume WT
Brain 1998 Oct;121 ( Pt 10):1937-49. doi: 10.1093/brain/121.10.1937. PMID: 9798748

Clinical prediction guides

Eating-induced seizures: A semiological sign of the right temporal pole.
Tena-Cucala R, Sala-Padró J, Jaraba S, Hernández G, Fernández-Coello A, Rosselló A, Camins À, Naval-Baudin P, Fernández-Viñas M, Rodríguez-Bel L, Reynes G, Falip M
Epileptic Disord 2023 Aug;25(4):480-491. Epub 2023 Jun 12 doi: 10.1002/epd2.20035. PMID: 37309048
Early identification of seizure freedom with medical treatment in patients with mesial temporal lobe epilepsy and hippocampal sclerosis.
Cheval M, Houot M, Chastan N, Szurhaj W, Marchal C, Catenoix H, Valton L, Gavaret M, Herlin B, Biraben A, Lagarde S, Mazzola L, Minotti L, Maillard L, Dupont S
J Neurol 2023 May;270(5):2715-2723. Epub 2023 Feb 10 doi: 10.1007/s00415-023-11603-7. PMID: 36763175
Prevalence, clinical characteristics, and seizure outcomes of epilepsy due to calcific clinical stage of neurocysticercosis: Study in a rural community in south India.
Murthy JMK, Seshadri V
Epilepsy Behav 2019 Sep;98(Pt A):168-172. Epub 2019 Jul 31 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2019.07.024. PMID: 31376678
Clinical and electrographic characteristics of seizures in LGI1-antibody encephalitis.
Li LH, Ma CC, Zhang HF, Lian YJ
Epilepsy Behav 2018 Nov;88:277-282. Epub 2018 Oct 15 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.08.019. PMID: 30332659
Myoclonic absence seizures with complex gestural automatisms.
Myers KA, Scheffer IE
Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2018 May;22(3):532-535. Epub 2017 Dec 19 doi: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2017.12.003. PMID: 29325826

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