Seizure Localization Flashcards
Somatosensory phenomenon:
- Jacksonian March
- Well Defined
- Slow spread
(mostly CL)
Primary somatosensory area (Parietal lobe)
Somatosensory phenomenon: Ill defined, may be accompanied by pain. Fast spread
(IL or CL)
Supplementary somatosensory
- Posterior Insula
- Parietal operculum
- Diffuse contralateral or Bilateral tingling
- Sensation of movement
Supplementary Motor Area
- Cephalic sensation
- Nonvertiginous Dizziness
(often) frontal lobe
- Ictal Headache
(IL)
Temporal or Occipital
Gustatory Aura (metalic / rubbery)
- Insula
- Rolandic Operculum
- Parietal
Elementary Auditory
(CL)
- Contralateral primary auditory cortex
Olfactory Aura
Anterior mesial temporal (“uncinate fits”)
Visual aura
Contralateral Occipital
Ictal Blindness
Contralateral occipital
Deja vous / Jamais vou
Mesiotemporal (w/o lateralization)
Forced thinking: more verbal
Dominant frontal
Forced thinking: more emotional
Dominant mesiotemporal
Ictal Fear
Amygdala or Cingulate
Ecstatic Aura
Amygdala or Cingulate
Orgasmic Aura
- Non-Dominant Mesiotemporal
- Parasaggital
initial autoscopy (“out of body” sensation)
Non-dominant parietal
Forced Head turn (>5 sec)
94% PPV CL (mostly temporal or frontal)
Head turn: early, non-forced)
IL
- Temporal
- Basal Ganglia
Head / Eye deviation AFTER GTC
typically Ipsilateral
“Y sign”
SSMA or SMA
Tonic Seizure
often frontal lobe (medial SMA)
Gyratory Seizures with forced head turn
CL frontotemporal