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Unilateral abdominal clonic seizures of parietal lobe origin: EEG findings Volume 20, numéro 2, April 2018

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  • Unilateral abdominal clonic seizures of parietal lobe origin: EEG findings

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1 Department of Neurology, King Fahad Hospital of University, University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia
2 Division of Neurology, Toronto Western Hospital, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
* Correspondence: Richard Wennberg Toronto Western Hospital, Suite 5W444, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5T 2S8, Canada

Unilateral abdominal clonic seizures represent a peculiar and rare manifestation of focal onset epilepsy. We present the case of a 26-year-old man with right-sided abdominal clonic movements associated with seizures arising from the left parietal area. We show the ictal EEG correlates of these events, including source localization of early ictal spikes; findings that have not been demonstrated in previously reported cases. The electro-clinical features in this patient suggested that clinical onset occurred after anterior propagation of ictal activity from a region posterior to the neck and trunk area of the sensory homunculus of the postcentral gyrus. [Published with video sequence on www.epilepticdisorders.com].