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Focal sensory seizure with somatosensory features

MedGen UID:
140830
•Concept ID:
C0422850
•
Disease or Syndrome
Synonyms: Focal onset somatosensory epileptic seizure; Somatosensory seizure
SNOMED CT: Focal onset somatosensory epileptic seizure (34601006); Focal somatosensory seizure (34601006); Focal-onset somatosensory epileptic seizure (34601006); Focal onset somatosensory seizure (34601006)
 
HPO: HP:0011163

Definition

A seizure characterized by sensory phenomena including tingling, numbness, electric-shock like sensation, pain, sense of movement, or desire to move as its first clinical manifestation. [from HPO]

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  • Focal sensory seizure with somatosensory features

Professional guidelines

PubMed

ACVIM Consensus Statement on the management of status epilepticus and cluster seizures in dogs and cats.
Charalambous M, Muñana K, Patterson EE, Platt SR, Volk HA
J Vet Intern Med 2024 Jan-Feb;38(1):19-40. Epub 2023 Nov 3 doi: 10.1111/jvim.16928. PMID: 37921621Free PMC Article
Treatment of seizures in the neonate: Guidelines and consensus-based recommendations-Special report from the ILAE Task Force on Neonatal Seizures.
Pressler RM, Abend NS, Auvin S, Boylan G, Brigo F, Cilio MR, De Vries LS, Elia M, Espeche A, Hahn CD, Inder T, Jette N, Kakooza-Mwesige A, Mader S, Mizrahi EM, Moshé SL, Nagarajan L, Noyman I, Nunes ML, Samia P, Shany E, Shellhaas RA, Subota A, Triki CC, Tsuchida T, Vinayan KP, Wilmshurst JM, Yozawitz EG, Hartmann H
Epilepsia 2023 Oct;64(10):2550-2570. Epub 2023 Sep 1 doi: 10.1111/epi.17745. PMID: 37655702
ILAE classification and definition of epilepsy syndromes with onset in neonates and infants: Position statement by the ILAE Task Force on Nosology and Definitions.
Zuberi SM, Wirrell E, Yozawitz E, Wilmshurst JM, Specchio N, Riney K, Pressler R, Auvin S, Samia P, Hirsch E, Galicchio S, Triki C, Snead OC, Wiebe S, Cross JH, Tinuper P, Scheffer IE, Perucca E, Moshé SL, Nabbout R
Epilepsia 2022 Jun;63(6):1349-1397. Epub 2022 May 3 doi: 10.1111/epi.17239. PMID: 35503712

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Neonatal Seizures: Diagnosis, Etiologies, and Management.
Ziobro J, Shellhaas RA
Semin Neurol 2020 Apr;40(2):246-256. Epub 2020 Mar 6 doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1702943. PMID: 32143234
Seizure classification, etiology, and management.
Shellhaas RA
Handb Clin Neurol 2019;162:347-361. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-444-64029-1.00017-5. PMID: 31324320
Epilepsy: Is there hope?
Guerreiro CA
Indian J Med Res 2016 Nov;144(5):657-660. doi: 10.4103/ijmr.IJMR_1051_16. PMID: 28361817Free PMC Article
New-Onset Seizure in Adults and Adolescents: A Review.
Gavvala JR, Schuele SU
JAMA 2016 Dec 27;316(24):2657-2668. doi: 10.1001/jama.2016.18625. PMID: 28027373
Neonatal seizures.
Silverstein FS, Jensen FE
Ann Neurol 2007 Aug;62(2):112-20. doi: 10.1002/ana.21167. PMID: 17683087

Diagnosis

Acute symptomatic seizures: an educational, evidence-based review.
Mauritz M, Hirsch LJ, Camfield P, Chin R, Nardone R, Lattanzi S, Trinka E
Epileptic Disord 2022 Feb 1;24(1):26-49. doi: 10.1684/epd.2021.1376. PMID: 34789447
A practical review of functional neurological disorder (FND) for the general physician.
Bennett K, Diamond C, Hoeritzauer I, Gardiner P, McWhirter L, Carson A, Stone J
Clin Med (Lond) 2021 Jan;21(1):28-36. doi: 10.7861/clinmed.2020-0987. PMID: 33479065Free PMC Article
Epilepsy-Definition, Classification, Pathophysiology, and Epidemiology.
Falco-Walter J
Semin Neurol 2020 Dec;40(6):617-623. Epub 2020 Nov 5 doi: 10.1055/s-0040-1718719. PMID: 33155183
Ictal-Interictal Continuum.
Kalamangalam GP, Pohlmann-Eden B
J Clin Neurophysiol 2018 Jul;35(4):274-278. doi: 10.1097/WNP.0000000000000447. PMID: 29979285
Seizures in Pregnancy.
Bollig KJ, Jackson DL
Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am 2018 Jun;45(2):349-367. doi: 10.1016/j.ogc.2018.02.001. PMID: 29747735

Therapy

Seizures, Status Epilepticus, and Continuous EEG in the Intensive Care Unit.
Rosenthal ES
Continuum (Minneap Minn) 2021 Oct 1;27(5):1321-1343. doi: 10.1212/CON.0000000000001012. PMID: 34618762
Update on the management of status epilepticus.
Rossetti AO, Alvarez V
Curr Opin Neurol 2021 Apr 1;34(2):172-181. doi: 10.1097/WCO.0000000000000899. PMID: 33664203
Cannabidiol in the Treatment of Epilepsy.
von Wrede R, Helmstaedter C, Surges R
Clin Drug Investig 2021 Mar;41(3):211-220. Epub 2021 Feb 9 doi: 10.1007/s40261-021-01003-y. PMID: 33559102Free PMC Article
Prevention of Epilepsy in Infants with Tuberous Sclerosis Complex in the EPISTOP Trial.
Kotulska K, Kwiatkowski DJ, Curatolo P, Weschke B, Riney K, Jansen F, Feucht M, Krsek P, Nabbout R, Jansen AC, Wojdan K, Sijko K, Głowacka-Walas J, Borkowska J, Sadowski K, Domańska-Pakieła D, Moavero R, Hertzberg C, Hulshof H, Scholl T, Benova B, Aronica E, de Ridder J, Lagae L, Jóźwiak S; EPISTOP Investigators
Ann Neurol 2021 Feb;89(2):304-314. Epub 2020 Nov 27 doi: 10.1002/ana.25956. PMID: 33180985Free PMC Article
Mindfulness therapy and seizures.
Shapiro SD, Karceski S
Neurology 2015 Sep 29;85(13):e101-3. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000002048. PMID: 26416804

Prognosis

Incidence and Prevalence of Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Sultana B, Panzini MA, Veilleux Carpentier A, Comtois J, Rioux B, Gore G, Bauer PR, Kwon CS, Jetté N, Josephson CB, Keezer MR
Neurology 2021 Apr 27;96(17):805-817. Epub 2021 Mar 15 doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000011839. PMID: 33722992
Incidence, Implications, and Management of Seizures Following Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke.
Doria JW, Forgacs PB
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep 2019 May 27;19(7):37. doi: 10.1007/s11910-019-0957-4. PMID: 31134438Free PMC Article
Febrile seizures.
Patterson JL, Carapetian SA, Hageman JR, Kelley KR
Pediatr Ann 2013 Dec;42(12):249-54. doi: 10.3928/00904481-20131122-09. PMID: 24295158
Antidepressant overdose-induced seizures.
Judge BS, Rentmeester LL
Psychiatr Clin North Am 2013 Jun;36(2):245-60. Epub 2013 Apr 11 doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2013.02.004. PMID: 23688690
Poststroke seizures.
Silverman IE, Restrepo L, Mathews GC
Arch Neurol 2002 Feb;59(2):195-201. doi: 10.1001/archneur.59.2.195. PMID: 11843689

Clinical prediction guides

Chance and risk in epilepsy.
Baud MO, Proix T, Rao VR, Schindler K
Curr Opin Neurol 2020 Apr;33(2):163-172. doi: 10.1097/WCO.0000000000000798. PMID: 32049738
Seizure prediction and intervention.
Meisel C, Loddenkemper T
Neuropharmacology 2020 Aug 1;172:107898. Epub 2019 Dec 5 doi: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2019.107898. PMID: 31839204
Automated seizure prediction.
Acharya UR, Hagiwara Y, Adeli H
Epilepsy Behav 2018 Nov;88:251-261. Epub 2018 Oct 11 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2018.09.030. PMID: 30317059
Prediction of neuropsychological outcome after resection of temporal and extratemporal seizure foci.
Dulay MF, Busch RM
Neurosurg Focus 2012 Mar;32(3):E4. doi: 10.3171/2012.1.FOCUS11340. PMID: 22380858
The future of automated seizure detection and prediction: foreword.
Osorio I
Epilepsy Behav 2011 Dec;22 Suppl 1:S1. doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2011.09.006. PMID: 22078509

Recent systematic reviews

Guidelines for Seizure Prophylaxis in Adults Hospitalized with Moderate-Severe Traumatic Brain Injury: A Clinical Practice Guideline for Health Care Professionals from the Neurocritical Care Society.
Frontera JA, Gilmore EJ, Johnson EL, Olson D, Rayi A, Tesoro E, Ullman J, Yuan Y, Zafar SF, Rowe S
Neurocrit Care 2024 Jun;40(3):819-844. Epub 2024 Feb 5 doi: 10.1007/s12028-023-01907-x. PMID: 38316735
Treatment of seizures in the neonate: Guidelines and consensus-based recommendations-Special report from the ILAE Task Force on Neonatal Seizures.
Pressler RM, Abend NS, Auvin S, Boylan G, Brigo F, Cilio MR, De Vries LS, Elia M, Espeche A, Hahn CD, Inder T, Jette N, Kakooza-Mwesige A, Mader S, Mizrahi EM, Moshé SL, Nagarajan L, Noyman I, Nunes ML, Samia P, Shany E, Shellhaas RA, Subota A, Triki CC, Tsuchida T, Vinayan KP, Wilmshurst JM, Yozawitz EG, Hartmann H
Epilepsia 2023 Oct;64(10):2550-2570. Epub 2023 Sep 1 doi: 10.1111/epi.17745. PMID: 37655702
Levetiracetam for Seizure Prophylaxis in Neurocritical Care: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Fang T, Valdes E, Frontera JA
Neurocrit Care 2022 Feb;36(1):248-258. Epub 2021 Jul 20 doi: 10.1007/s12028-021-01296-z. PMID: 34286461
Incidence and Prevalence of Drug-Resistant Epilepsy: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.
Sultana B, Panzini MA, Veilleux Carpentier A, Comtois J, Rioux B, Gore G, Bauer PR, Kwon CS, Jetté N, Josephson CB, Keezer MR
Neurology 2021 Apr 27;96(17):805-817. Epub 2021 Mar 15 doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000011839. PMID: 33722992
Seizure cluster: Definition, prevalence, consequences, and management.
Jafarpour S, Hirsch LJ, Gaínza-Lein M, Kellinghaus C, Detyniecki K
Seizure 2019 May;68:9-15. Epub 2018 May 21 doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2018.05.013. PMID: 29871784

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