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1a Flashcards

1
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ictal headache localizes to

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ipsilateral temporal/occipital

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Ictal fear/cry localizes to?

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amygdala, cingulate

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gustatory aura (metal/rubber taste) localizes to?

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insular region, rolandic operculum, parietal region

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3
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olfactory aura localizes to?

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anterior mesial temporal/uncinate

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4
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deja vu localizes to?

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mesiotemporal (no side)

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5
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orgasmic aura

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non dominant mesiotemporal or parasagittal regions

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6
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ictal autoscopy (out of body sensation)?

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non dominant parietal lobe

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7
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forced and sustained head and eye version?

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94% PPV for contralateral temporal or frontal (frontal eye fields) rising to 100% if accompanied by neck extension and followed by generalization

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8
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head and eye deviation AFTER generalization?

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ipsilateral focus (FEF)

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9
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fencing position

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contralateral frontal lobe of the raised arm

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10
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sign of 4?

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contralateral temporal lobe of the extended arm

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11
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Y sign

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supplementary sensori-motor area

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12
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hyperkinetic seizre

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frontal lobe

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13
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ictal smile

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nondominant parietal

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14
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ictal pouting/frown

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“chapeaux de gendarme”, frontal lobe (mesial frontal, anterior cingulate)

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15
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manipulative unilateral limb automatism

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ispilateral

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16
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nonmanipulative unilateral limb automatism

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contralateral

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17
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oral automatisms (smacking,sucking, swallowing)

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temporal lobe/inferomesial/hippocampal

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18
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ictal cough

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dominant hemisphere

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19
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post-ictal cough

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nondominant temporal

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20
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unilateral eye blink

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ipsilateral hemisphere

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21
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bilateral eye blink

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occipital

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22
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gelastic epilepsy

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hypothalamic, mesial temporal, frontal cingulate

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23
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ictal weeping/crying

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mesiotemporal/mesiofrontal

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24
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genital automatisms

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ipsilateral hemisphere

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25
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ictal/postictal drinking

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nondominant temporal lobe

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26
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ictal nystagmus

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contralateral frontal/occipital lobe

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27
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ictal spitting

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nondominant temporal

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28
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post-ictal nose wiping

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ipsilateral temporal lobe (90% PPV)

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29
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ictal tachycardia and bradycardia

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no value, sometimes brady can be assoc with medial temporal lobe

30
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ictal dyspnea

31
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ictal emesis

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nondominant temporal lobe/anterior insula

32
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ictal urinary urge

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nondominant temporal

33
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piloerection

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ipsilateral temporal (dominant hemisphere)

34
Q

vertigo

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insular-temporal-parietal junction

35
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epigastric rising

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temporal>orbitofrontal>cingulate

36
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ictal speech arrest

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dominant temporal

37
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postictal aphasia

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dominant temporal

38
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ictal speech preservation or ictal prosody change

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nondominant temporal

39
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guttural vocalizations (moaning, grunting)

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frontal lobe (orbitofrontal/parasagittal)

40
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ictal humming or singing

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temporal or pre-frontal (no clear side)

41
Q

mesial vs lateral temporal lobe seizures?

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mesial: earlier age, rising epigastric, fear, olfactory feeling, autonomic changes (flushing, dyspnea), contralateral dystonic hand posture, ipsilateral manual automatisms, oral automatisms.

Lateral: older age, vertigo/auditory/visual aura, early evolution into unilateral clonic activity and head turn

42
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insular seizures?

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laryngeal discomfort, vomiting, hypersalivation, perioral warmth, dysarthria/dysphonia

43
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When describing focal slowing, want to include?

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  • location
  • abundance (rare, intermittent, frequent, continuous)
  • frequency in Hz
  • Pattern(poly/monomorphic)
44
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Which RDA is associated with focal seizures?

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TIRDA; high PPV for TLE

45
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OIRDA is assoc with

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childhood absence epilepsy or other genetic generalized epilepsy syndromes

46
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Photoparoxysmal response is assoc with?

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75% have a generalized epilepsy syndrome

47
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hypsarythmia is characterized by

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chaotic pattern, high amplitude, slow, abundant multifocal spikes, +/- electrodecrements

48
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nystagmus/saccadic eye movements?

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PARIETAL eye fields (contralateral)

49
Q

Abdominal/gustatory/olfactory auras: symp zone/EZ?

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insula/MT Lobe

50
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Ictal apnea: symp zone?

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amygdala/HC
MT lobe

51
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ictal piloerection/goosebumps: symp zone?

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amygdala
MT lobe

52
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Deja vu/ Jamais-vu: symp zone/EZ?

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entorhinal/perirhinal coretx:
MT lobe

53
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Experiential aura: symp zone/EZ?

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mesio/basal/limbic cortex
MT Lobe

54
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fear aura : symp zone/EZ?

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amygdala
MT lobe

55
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Auditory illusions/halluciniation: symp zone/EZ?

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lateral neocortex/STG
Lateral temporal lobe

56
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Visual illusions/hallucinations: symp zone/EZ?

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lateral neocortex/temporo-occipital junction

57
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alteration of size (macropsia/micropsia)/color (dyschromatopsia) /shape (metamorphopsia)/ movement (kinetopsia): symp zone/EZ?

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lateral neocortex of the temporal lobe

58
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Most automatisms do not have lateralizing value: unless : unilateral ictal automatism associated with contralateral dystonic hand?

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usually contralateral to the side of the dystonic hand, and suggestive of MTLE (because part of the focus propogates to the ipsilateral insula which contracts the other limb)

59
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Oroalimentory aura: consists of swallowing, lip smacking, kissing/tongue movements?

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usually lateral temporal lobe

60
Q

When someone is dialeptic during a seizure this means?

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Complete LOA: unable to follow commands + unable to recall

Can be dom or nondom temporal lobe

61
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When someone has preserved awareness?

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Able to follow commands/talk + unable to recall

Highly lateralizing to the nondominant temporal lobe

62
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ictal vomiting

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usually nodom temp lobe

62
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nose wiping?

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must be less than 60 seconds after the sz.

usually MTLE and ipsilateral to the hand

63
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ictal or peri-ictal cough?

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no lateralizing value, but assoc with temporal lobe epilepsy

64
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ictal blinking if unilateral

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ipsilateral to the epileptic zone, temp lobe epilepsy

65
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peri ictal water drinking?

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EZ non dominant temporal lobe epilepsy

66
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gelastic seizure?

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no lateralizing value
assoc with HH, frontal and temporal lobe

67
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aphasic seizure?

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usually lateralizes to dominant hemisphere, temporal lobe

68
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there is a negative motor area on the dominant hemisphere, slightly anterior to Brocas. It is anterior to the SSMA

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just know.

69
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bilateral asymmetric tonic seizure: Abduction/elevation of the arms and flexion at the elbow

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BILATERAL WITH preserved awareness which is rare
SZ: supplementary sensory motor area
EZ: mesial frontal, basal frontal or mesial parietal.

70
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areas associated with hyperkinetic seizures?

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anterior cingulate, frontopolar, orbitofrontal, opercular insular

Basically the whole frontal lobe.

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