Supplementary motor area seizures presenting as stumbling episodes.
A healthy young boy presented with brief stumbling episodes of recent onset. Evaluation with prolonged EEG-video monitoring led to the diagnosis of supplementary motor area epilepsy. Focal seizures arising from the medial fronto-parietal cortex may present unusual diagnostic pitfalls in their clinical semeiology as well as their EEG characteristics.
Benbadis
S R
SR
Department of Neurology, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, OH 44195, USA.
Kotagal
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Rothner
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D001931:Brain Mapping; D002648:Child; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000503:physiopathology*; D011596:Psychomotor Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology*