Epileptic Disorders
MENULow-grade tumour over the left temporal neocortex and ictal asystole: network and surgical implications Volume 23, issue 5, October 2021
Drop attack with awareness is likely impaired. During the video, the father calls the patient saying “Lorenzo”, but he does not reply and after closing the door, he suddenly falls on the ground.
> DownloadVideo-EEG recording during a seizure with ictal asystole. The video begins with the patient starting to clean a cell phone screen. Psychomotor arrest of a few seconds appears with gaze turned to the lower right. After a few seconds, he resumes cleaning the phone as before the psychomotor arrest. At some point, the mother asks him simple questions, but the patient answers with paraphrases and shows purposeless automatisms of the upper limbs. The neurophysiopathological technician, as soon as he observes the seizure on the EEG unitmonitor, approaches the patient and tests his awareness. The patient answers with paraphasic errors and anomia. After a few seconds, he has a drop attack. Post-ictal confusion follows the seizure.