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1: Epileptic Disord. 2008 Mar;10(1):3-7.Click here to read Links

Epilepsia partialis continua: semiology and differential diagnoses.

Bien CG, Elger CE.

Dept. of Epileptology, University of Bonn, Germany. christian.bien@ukb.uni-bonn.de

Epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) is a rare form of focal status epilepticus. It may have vascular, immune-mediated, neoplastic or metabolic-toxic causes. The origin of EPC has been linked with the motor cortex. This has been solidly supported by sophisticated electrophysiological studies. Here, a series of video sequences from patients with EPC (due to Rasmussen encephalitis, early-stage multiple sclerosis, and steroid responsive encephalopathy with autoimmune thyroiditis), and other cases with repetitive myoclonic jerks or movement disorders (myoclonic epilepsy associated with ragged-red fibers, Jacksonian march, myoclonic seizures in other types of frontal lobe or idiopathic generalized epilepsies, and different types of tremor) is presented. [Published with video sequences].

PMID: 18367424 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]