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Focal aware sensory seizure with visual features

MedGen UID:
1718955
•Concept ID:
C5397857
•
Disease or Syndrome
HPO: HP:0032851

Definition

A seizure characterized by elementary visual hallucinations such as flashing or flickering lights/colors, or other shapes, simple patterns, scotomata, or amaurosis. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVFocal aware sensory seizure with visual features

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

A recent surge of fulminant and early onset subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) in the United Kingdom: An emergence in a time of measles.
Lam T, Ranjan R, Newark K, Surana S, Bhangu N, Lazenbury A, Childs AM, Abbey I, Gibbon F, Thomas G, Singh J, Prabhakar P, Kaminska M, Lascelles K, Hacohen Y, Brown K, Lim M
Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2021 Sep;34:43-49. Epub 2021 Jul 16 doi: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2021.07.006. PMID: 34388650
Nasal pain as an aura: Amygdala origin?
Heo K, Kim KM, Han SM, Cho KH, Chu MK
Seizure 2020 Dec;83:13-16. Epub 2020 Oct 7 doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2020.09.028. PMID: 33075671
Electroclinical features of seizures associated with autoimmune encephalitis.
Steriade C, Moosa ANV, Hantus S, Prayson RA, Alexopoulos A, Rae-Grant A
Seizure 2018 Aug;60:198-204. Epub 2018 Jun 28 doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2018.06.021. PMID: 30031297
Seizure onset predicts its type.
Donos C, Maliia MD, Dümpelmann M, Schulze-Bonhage A
Epilepsia 2018 Mar;59(3):650-660. Epub 2018 Jan 11 doi: 10.1111/epi.13997. PMID: 29322500

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
A recent surge of fulminant and early onset subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) in the United Kingdom: An emergence in a time of measles.
Lam T, Ranjan R, Newark K, Surana S, Bhangu N, Lazenbury A, Childs AM, Abbey I, Gibbon F, Thomas G, Singh J, Prabhakar P, Kaminska M, Lascelles K, Hacohen Y, Brown K, Lim M
Eur J Paediatr Neurol 2021 Sep;34:43-49. Epub 2021 Jul 16 doi: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2021.07.006. PMID: 34388650
Epilepsy in LAMA2-related muscular dystrophy: An electro-clinico-radiological characterization.
Natera-de Benito D, Muchart J, Itzep D, Ortez C, González-Quereda L, Gallano P, Ramirez A, Aparicio J, Domínguez-Carral J, Carrera-García L, Expósito-Escudero J, Pardo Cardozo N, Cuadras D, Codina A, Jou C, Jimenez-Mallebrera C, Palau F, Colomer J, Arzimanoglou A, Nascimento A, San Antonio-Arce V
Epilepsia 2020 May;61(5):971-983. Epub 2020 Apr 8 doi: 10.1111/epi.16493. PMID: 32266982
Seizure onset predicts its type.
Donos C, Maliia MD, Dümpelmann M, Schulze-Bonhage A
Epilepsia 2018 Mar;59(3):650-660. Epub 2018 Jan 11 doi: 10.1111/epi.13997. PMID: 29322500

Therapy

Adult phenotype of KCNQ2 encephalopathy.
Boets S, Johannesen KM, Destree A, Manti F, Ramantani G, Lesca G, Vercueil L, Koenig MK, Striano P, Møller RS, Cooper E, Weckhuysen S
J Med Genet 2022 Jun;59(6):528-535. Epub 2021 Apr 2 doi: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2020-107449. PMID: 33811133
Epilepsy in LAMA2-related muscular dystrophy: An electro-clinico-radiological characterization.
Natera-de Benito D, Muchart J, Itzep D, Ortez C, González-Quereda L, Gallano P, Ramirez A, Aparicio J, Domínguez-Carral J, Carrera-García L, Expósito-Escudero J, Pardo Cardozo N, Cuadras D, Codina A, Jou C, Jimenez-Mallebrera C, Palau F, Colomer J, Arzimanoglou A, Nascimento A, San Antonio-Arce V
Epilepsia 2020 May;61(5):971-983. Epub 2020 Apr 8 doi: 10.1111/epi.16493. PMID: 32266982
Electroclinical features of seizures associated with autoimmune encephalitis.
Steriade C, Moosa ANV, Hantus S, Prayson RA, Alexopoulos A, Rae-Grant A
Seizure 2018 Aug;60:198-204. Epub 2018 Jun 28 doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2018.06.021. PMID: 30031297
Seizure onset predicts its type.
Donos C, Maliia MD, Dümpelmann M, Schulze-Bonhage A
Epilepsia 2018 Mar;59(3):650-660. Epub 2018 Jan 11 doi: 10.1111/epi.13997. PMID: 29322500

Prognosis

Adult phenotype of KCNQ2 encephalopathy.
Boets S, Johannesen KM, Destree A, Manti F, Ramantani G, Lesca G, Vercueil L, Koenig MK, Striano P, Møller RS, Cooper E, Weckhuysen S
J Med Genet 2022 Jun;59(6):528-535. Epub 2021 Apr 2 doi: 10.1136/jmedgenet-2020-107449. PMID: 33811133
Epilepsy in LAMA2-related muscular dystrophy: An electro-clinico-radiological characterization.
Natera-de Benito D, Muchart J, Itzep D, Ortez C, González-Quereda L, Gallano P, Ramirez A, Aparicio J, Domínguez-Carral J, Carrera-García L, Expósito-Escudero J, Pardo Cardozo N, Cuadras D, Codina A, Jou C, Jimenez-Mallebrera C, Palau F, Colomer J, Arzimanoglou A, Nascimento A, San Antonio-Arce V
Epilepsia 2020 May;61(5):971-983. Epub 2020 Apr 8 doi: 10.1111/epi.16493. PMID: 32266982
Electroclinical features of seizures associated with autoimmune encephalitis.
Steriade C, Moosa ANV, Hantus S, Prayson RA, Alexopoulos A, Rae-Grant A
Seizure 2018 Aug;60:198-204. Epub 2018 Jun 28 doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2018.06.021. PMID: 30031297
Seizure onset predicts its type.
Donos C, Maliia MD, Dümpelmann M, Schulze-Bonhage A
Epilepsia 2018 Mar;59(3):650-660. Epub 2018 Jan 11 doi: 10.1111/epi.13997. PMID: 29322500

Clinical prediction guides

Epilepsy in LAMA2-related muscular dystrophy: An electro-clinico-radiological characterization.
Natera-de Benito D, Muchart J, Itzep D, Ortez C, González-Quereda L, Gallano P, Ramirez A, Aparicio J, Domínguez-Carral J, Carrera-García L, Expósito-Escudero J, Pardo Cardozo N, Cuadras D, Codina A, Jou C, Jimenez-Mallebrera C, Palau F, Colomer J, Arzimanoglou A, Nascimento A, San Antonio-Arce V
Epilepsia 2020 May;61(5):971-983. Epub 2020 Apr 8 doi: 10.1111/epi.16493. PMID: 32266982
Seizure onset predicts its type.
Donos C, Maliia MD, Dümpelmann M, Schulze-Bonhage A
Epilepsia 2018 Mar;59(3):650-660. Epub 2018 Jan 11 doi: 10.1111/epi.13997. PMID: 29322500

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