Epileptic Disorders
MENUA simple febrile seizure with focal onset Volume 16, issue 1, March 2014
Authors
1 Grenoble Institut des Neurosciences, Inserm U836, Université Joseph Fourier
2 Centre Hospitalier Pierre Oudot, Bourgoin-Jallieu
3 Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Grenoble, France
* Correspondence: Sophie Hamelin
Grenoble - Institut des Neurosciences,
Centre de Recherche Inserm U 836-UJF-CEA-CHU,
Equipe 9: Dynamique des Réseaux Synchrones Epileptiques,
Université Joseph Fourier - Faculté de Médecine,
Domaine de la Merci,
38700 La Tronche, France
- Key words: febrile seizures, video-EEG, children, epilepsy, focal seizure
- DOI : 10.1684/epd.2014.0639
- Page(s) : 112-5
- Published in: 2014
Simple febrile seizures last for less than 10 minutes and resolve spontaneously, in the context of a febrile illness, without focal features or recurrence during the subsequent 24 hours. We report the case of fortuitous video-EEG recording of a FS, clinically classified as “simple”, which demonstrated a focal, temporal onset. This clinical finding is in agreement with animal model studies demonstrating focal onset. [Published with video sequences]