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Sikawat Thanaviratananich
Classification
• Epileptic Paroxysmal Episode
• Epileptogenic Zone: right mesial frontal lobe (anterior cingulate gyrus)
• Semiology: Cephalic aura->Hypermotor Seizure
• Etiology: FCD 1b
• Related Medical Conditions: depression
History
• 30-year-old, right-handed male with medically intractable focal
epilepsy of 22 years duration.
Motor Component All: hypermotor sz All: simple motor seizures Simple motor and automotor sz in 2 Pt
1 Pt had contralateral simple motor sz 1 Pt had automotor seizure
Dialeptic sz in 2 Pt
2nd GTC 4 Pt: never had 2nd GTC 4 Pt: had 2nd GTC 4 Pt: had 2nd GTC
1 Pt: had one GTC during off AEDs
Anterior Cingulate Epilepsy (n=10) Posterior Cingulate Epilepsy (n=4)
Interictal Scalp EEG 2 Pt: interictal epileptiform d/c in 1 Pt: bilateral temporal epileptiform Focal slowing
frontocentral region discharges 2 Pt: focal slowing in ipsilat temporal region
1 Pt: bilateral temporal slowing
4 Pt: no interictal epileptiform d/c 3 Pt: no interictal epileptiform d/c 1 Pt: bi-frontal slowing
Interictal epileptiform d/c
4 Pt: had epileptiform d/c
-2 Pt: ipsi. ant. temporal
-1 Pt: ipsi. post. Temporal
-1 Pt: ipsi. frontal
Ictal Scalp EEG 3 Pt: Ictal EEG changes, mostly obscured 3 Pt: Ictal EEG changes 4 Pt: Ictal EEG changes
by muscle artifacts, when discernible, -2 Pt: Ipsilateral frontocentral region -1 Pt: ipsilateral temporal
pointed to the ipsilateral frontocentral -1 Pt: bilateral hemisphere -2 Pt: widespread in ipsilateral
region hemisphere
-1 Pt: widespread in bilateral hemisphere