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Focal vocal automatism seizure

MedGen UID:
1718553
•Concept ID:
C5397908
•
Disease or Syndrome
HPO: HP:0032903

Definition

A type of focal automatism seizure characterized by the production of single or repetitive meaningless vocal sounds such as shrieks or grunts at onset. [from HPO]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVFocal vocal automatism seizure

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Predictive clinical factors for the differential diagnosis of childhood extratemporal seizures.
Fogarasi A, Tuxhorn I, Hegyi M, Janszky J
Epilepsia 2005 Aug;46(8):1280-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.06105.x. PMID: 16060940

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Voxel-based morphometric MRI post-processing and PET/MRI co-registration reveal subtle abnormalities in cingulate epilepsy.
Sun K, Ren Z, Yang D, Wang X, Yu T, Ni D, Qiao L, Xu C, Gao R, Lin Y, Zhang X, Shang K, Chen X, Wang Y, Zhang G
Epilepsy Res 2021 Mar;171:106568. Epub 2021 Feb 8 doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2021.106568. PMID: 33610065
Secondarily generalized seizures in temporal lobe epilepsy.
Bone B, Fogarasi A, Schulz R, Gyimesi C, Kalmar Z, Kovacs N, Ebner A, Janszky J
Epilepsia 2012 May;53(5):817-24. Epub 2012 Mar 16 doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03435.x. PMID: 22429112
Hyperkinetic seizures in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy: clinical features and outcome after temporal lobe resection.
Staack AM, Bilic S, Wendling AS, Scholly J, Kraus U, Strobl K, Bodin F, Zentner J, Steinhoff BJ
Epilepsia 2011 Aug;52(8):1439-46. Epub 2011 May 13 doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03100.x. PMID: 21569022
Complex behavioral automatism arising from insular cortex.
Kaido T, Otsuki T, Nakama H, Kaneko Y, Kubota Y, Sugai K, Saito O
Epilepsy Behav 2006 Feb;8(1):315-9. Epub 2005 Dec 13 doi: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2005.10.006. PMID: 16356775
Predictive clinical factors for the differential diagnosis of childhood extratemporal seizures.
Fogarasi A, Tuxhorn I, Hegyi M, Janszky J
Epilepsia 2005 Aug;46(8):1280-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.06105.x. PMID: 16060940

Diagnosis

Voxel-based morphometric MRI post-processing and PET/MRI co-registration reveal subtle abnormalities in cingulate epilepsy.
Sun K, Ren Z, Yang D, Wang X, Yu T, Ni D, Qiao L, Xu C, Gao R, Lin Y, Zhang X, Shang K, Chen X, Wang Y, Zhang G
Epilepsy Res 2021 Mar;171:106568. Epub 2021 Feb 8 doi: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2021.106568. PMID: 33610065
Quantitative and qualitative analysis of ictal vocalization in focal epilepsy syndromes.
Hartl E, Knoche T, Choupina HMP, Rémi J, Vollmar C, Cunha JPS, Noachtar S
Seizure 2018 Aug;60:178-183. Epub 2018 Jul 11 doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2018.07.008. PMID: 30025333
Secondarily generalized seizures in temporal lobe epilepsy.
Bone B, Fogarasi A, Schulz R, Gyimesi C, Kalmar Z, Kovacs N, Ebner A, Janszky J
Epilepsia 2012 May;53(5):817-24. Epub 2012 Mar 16 doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2012.03435.x. PMID: 22429112
Predictive clinical factors for the differential diagnosis of childhood extratemporal seizures.
Fogarasi A, Tuxhorn I, Hegyi M, Janszky J
Epilepsia 2005 Aug;46(8):1280-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.06105.x. PMID: 16060940
Nocturnal paroxysmal dystonia: a clinical form of focal epilepsy.
Hirsch E, Sellal F, Maton B, Rumbach L, Marescaux C
Neurophysiol Clin 1994 Jun;24(3):207-17. doi: 10.1016/s0987-7053(05)80185-6. PMID: 8090154

Prognosis

Quantitative and qualitative analysis of ictal vocalization in focal epilepsy syndromes.
Hartl E, Knoche T, Choupina HMP, Rémi J, Vollmar C, Cunha JPS, Noachtar S
Seizure 2018 Aug;60:178-183. Epub 2018 Jul 11 doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2018.07.008. PMID: 30025333
Hyperkinetic seizures in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy: clinical features and outcome after temporal lobe resection.
Staack AM, Bilic S, Wendling AS, Scholly J, Kraus U, Strobl K, Bodin F, Zentner J, Steinhoff BJ
Epilepsia 2011 Aug;52(8):1439-46. Epub 2011 May 13 doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2011.03100.x. PMID: 21569022
Predictive clinical factors for the differential diagnosis of childhood extratemporal seizures.
Fogarasi A, Tuxhorn I, Hegyi M, Janszky J
Epilepsia 2005 Aug;46(8):1280-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.06105.x. PMID: 16060940

Clinical prediction guides

Quantitative and qualitative analysis of ictal vocalization in focal epilepsy syndromes.
Hartl E, Knoche T, Choupina HMP, Rémi J, Vollmar C, Cunha JPS, Noachtar S
Seizure 2018 Aug;60:178-183. Epub 2018 Jul 11 doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2018.07.008. PMID: 30025333
Analysis of the initial ictal phenomenon in patients with temporal lobe epilepsy.
Hoffmann JM, Elger CE, Kleefuss-Lie AA
Seizure 2010 May;19(4):217-21. Epub 2010 Mar 11 doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2010.02.005. PMID: 20226690
Frontal lobe epilepsy manifesting with seizures consisting of isolated vocalization.
Rego R, Arnold S, Noachtar S
Epileptic Disord 2006 Dec;8(4):274-6. PMID: 17150440
Predictive clinical factors for the differential diagnosis of childhood extratemporal seizures.
Fogarasi A, Tuxhorn I, Hegyi M, Janszky J
Epilepsia 2005 Aug;46(8):1280-5. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.06105.x. PMID: 16060940

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