Does head-turning during a seizure have lateralizing or localizing significance?
Forced lateralized head-turning, occurring as the first clinical sign in 106 epileptic seizures in 43 patients, was recorded on videotape simultaneously with the EEG. Forty-five ictal EEGs were obtained with stereotaxically implanted intracerebral electrodes. Forced head-turning was seen with seizures that had a frontal, temporal, unilateral diffuse, or a generalized onset in the EEG. Ipsilateral was as common as contralateral head-turning in all groups, including the seizures with frontal lobe onset. Initial head-turning in a seizure has no localizing or lateralizing significance.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D007839:Functional Laterality; D006257:Head / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011187:Posture; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology