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  2. Status epilepticus - Wikipedia

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    Status epilepticus (SE), or status seizure, is a medical condition consisting of a single seizure lasting more than 5 minutes, or 2 or more seizures within a 5-minute period without the person returning to normal between them. [3] [1] Previous definitions used a 30-minute time limit. [2]

  3. Complex partial status epilepticus - Wikipedia

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    Complex partial status epilepticus (CPSE) is one of the non-convulsive forms of status epilepticus, a rare form of epilepsy defined by its recurrent nature. CPSE is characterized by seizures involving long-lasting stupor, staring and unresponsiveness. [1] Sometimes this is accompanied by motor automatisms, such as eye twitching. [2]

  4. Temporal lobe epilepsy - Wikipedia

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    During a temporal lobe seizure, a person may experience a seizure aura; an aura is an autonomic, cognitive, emotional or sensory experience that commonly occurs during the beginning part of a seizure. [10] [2] The common medial temporal lobe seizure auras include a rising epigastric feeling, abdominal discomfort, taste (gustatory), smell ...

  5. Focal seizure - Wikipedia

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    A simple partial seizure may go unnoticed by others or shrugged off by the patient as merely a "funny turn." Focal aware seizures usually start suddenly and are very brief, typically lasting 60 to 120 seconds. [10] [failed verification] Some common symptoms of a simple partial seizure are: [7] [failed verification] preserved consciousness

  6. Focal cortical dysplasia - Wikipedia

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    Focal cortical dysplasia is a common cause of intractable epilepsy in children and is a frequent cause of epilepsy in adults. There are three types of FCD with subtypes, including type 1a, 1b, 1c, 2a, 2b, 3a, 3b, 3c, and 3d, each with distinct histopathological features.

  7. Generalized epilepsy with febrile seizures plus - Wikipedia

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    GEFS+ can persist beyond early childhood (i.e., 6 years of age). GEFS+ is also now believed to encompass three other epilepsy disorders: severe myoclonic epilepsy of infancy (SMEI), which is also known as Dravet's syndrome, borderline SMEI (SMEB), and intractable epilepsy of childhood (IEC).

  8. Epilepsia partialis continua - Wikipedia

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    Epilepsia partialis continua is a rare [1] type of brain disorder in which a patient experiences recurrent motor epileptic seizures that are focal (hands and face), and recur every few seconds or minutes for extended periods (days to years).

  9. Hemispherectomy - Wikipedia

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    The typical candidates for hemispherectomy are pediatric patients who have intractable epilepsy due to extensive cerebral unilateral hemispheric injuries. [8] [6] In addition, the seizures should ideally be emanating from that same hemisphere. In some situations, a hemispherectomy may still be performed if there are seizures from both ...