title: Focal akinetic seizures as the only clinical manifestation of partial epilepsy.
abstract: Episodic hemipareis is usually thought to have a vascular etiology. Ictal paresis during seizures usually occurs with other clinical signs. The exact mechanism by which weakness occurs during seizures is difficult to determine as positive and negative motor phenomenona occur in rapid succession. This case describes a girl with episodic ictal hemiparesis since infancy as the only clinical seizure manifestation with VEEG suggesting mesial frontal ictal onset.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, United States.
authors.forename: Cormac A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: O'Donovan
authors.forename: Allison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Shane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Maxwell
mesh_terms: D018437:Brown-Sequard Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002648:Child; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012640:Seizures / Q000503:physiopathology*