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Bilateral Todd's Paralysis After Focal Seizures
Author(s) -
Bergen Donna C.,
Rayman Lea,
Heydemann Peter
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
epilepsia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.687
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1528-1167
pISSN - 0013-9580
DOI - 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1992.tb01766.x
Subject(s) - hemiparesis , medicine , paralysis , weakness , epilepsy , anesthesia , electroencephalography , pyramidal tracts , psychology , surgery , anatomy , psychiatry , lesion
Summary: Transient postictal hemiparesis or monoparesis is not uncommon after partial (focal) seizures. We report 2 patients who complained of severe bilateral limb weakness after generalized tonic‐clonic seizures (GTCS) beginning focally. Bilateral Todd's paralysis was verified and documented in both patients. EEG and clinical evidence indicate the supplementary motor cortex as the most likely source of the seizures in both cases.