Seizure Clip Navigation


PSYCHOGENIC NON EPILEPTIC SEIZURES (PNES)



some common PNES manifestations:
"grand mal" PNES
"focal seizure" PNES
opisthotonus (back arching)
eyes closed
bicycling
side to side head movements
prolonged, variable semiology
thigh slapping


MISC. OTHER NON EPILEPTIC SEIZURES

postanoxic myoclonus:
essential tremor
hypnic jerks
EPILEPTIC

Focal Onset
TLE (right):
TLE (left):
occipital lobe / posterior onset:
frontal lobe epilepsy:
Generalized Onset
LGS - myoclonic
LGS - atonic
LGS - tonic
LGS - GTC
Unknown Onset


some seizure semiology:
secondarily generalized tonic-clonic:
oral automatisms
ictal cry
"figure 4"
staring with inattention
stertorous breathing
versive head deviation
versive eye deviation






See the Epilepsy Foundation's overview of the different types of seizures

See the Revised Seizure Classification by the International League Against Epilepsy in this April 2017 position paper: Epilepsia. 2017 Apr;58(4):522-530. doi: 10.1111/epi.13670. Epub 2017 Mar 8.