Absence of an autonomic sign assists in the diagnosis of extratemporal lobe epilepsy manifesting generalized convulsion with retained awareness

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We herein report two epilepsy patients with the seizure focus in the non-dominant hemisphere manifesting secondarily generalized convulsion (sGC) with retained awareness characterized by a lack of autonomic signs although GC was complicated by respiratory arrest. Given the semiology and electrophysiological findings, the seizure activity was considered to propagate to the supplementary-motor area and the bilateral primary-motor area, with a clinical manifestation of sGC. The absence of autonomic signs during GC can be a key indicator that the seizure remains in the bilateral suprasylvian area and thus does not involve the region necessary for awareness preservation, which may assist in the diagnosis of this atypical epileptic seizure.

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Neshige, S., Matsumoto, R., Inouchi, M., Kobayashi, K., Shimotake, A., Maruyama, H., … Ikeda, A. (2019). Absence of an autonomic sign assists in the diagnosis of extratemporal lobe epilepsy manifesting generalized convulsion with retained awareness. Internal Medicine, 58(8), 1151–1155. https://doi.org/10.2169/internalmedicine.1740-18

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