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Can absence status epilepticus be of frontal lobe origin?
Author(s) -
Kudo T.,
Sato K.,
Yagi K.,
Seino M.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
acta neurologica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.967
H-Index - 95
eISSN - 1600-0404
pISSN - 0001-6314
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0404.1995.tb00483.x
Subject(s) - status epilepticus , frontal lobe , epilepsy , electroencephalography , lateralization of brain function , temporal lobe , medicine , neuroscience , psychology , audiology
Five women with an unclassifiable nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) characterized by young age at onset, prolonged confusions, focal motor seizures, and both generalized spike‐and‐wave discharges and focal epileptic discharges on the EEG were studied with video‐EEG monitoring. Electrographically, the NCSE originated from the left frontal lobe in 4 patients, and the left hemisphere with multifocal seizure discharges in 1 patient. Focal motor seizures seemed to originate from the left hemisphere in all 5 patients, particularly from its anterior part in 3 of them. Results show that the NCSE is complex partial status epilepticus of frontal lobe origin electroclinically mimicking absence status epilepticus once it reaches a full‐blown phase.