Focal pedal automatism seizure

MedGen UID:: 1720306
•Concept ID:: C5397906
•: Disease or Syndrome

HPO:	HP:0032901

Definition

A type of focal automatism seizure characterized by coordinated bilateral or unilateral movements of the feet or legs at onset. The movement is more reminiscent of normal movements in amplitude, and is less frenetic or rapid in comparison to the movements seen in focal hyperkinetic seizures involving the legs. [from HPO]

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MeSH

CClinical test, RResearch test, OOMIM, GGeneReviews, VClinVar

CROGVFocal pedal automatism seizure

Disorder of the central nervous system
- Brain disorder
  - Epilepsy
    - Focal epilepsy
      - Focal motor seizure
        Focal automatism seizure
        Focal pedal automatism seizure

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

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

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

Electrophysiology of bimanual-bipedal automatisms.

Swartz BE
Epilepsia 1994 Mar-Apr;35(2):264-74. doi: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1994.tb02430.x. PMID: 8156944

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Diagnosis

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

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

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