Temporal lobe seizure
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Temporal Lobe Seizures - Complex Partial Seizure
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Temporal lobe seizure
... Seizures (SPS) involve small areas of the temporal lobe and ... then the seizure spreads to a large portion of the temporal lobe and impairs consciousness. ...
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Temporal lobe seizures commonly result from damage to specific areas in that part of the brain.
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Temporal Lobe Seizure
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Temporal lobe seizures are characterized by one - to two-minute episodes of lost awareness or contact with your surroundings. During a temporal lobe seizure, you may smack your lips, swallow repeatedly or pick at things with your fingers.
Alternate Names : Focal seizure, Jacksonian seizure, Seizure - partial (focal), Temporal lobe seizure
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Left temporal lobe seizures may cause verbal memory abnormalities; right temporal lobe seizures may cause visual spatial memory abnormalities.
Generalized seizures: Consciousness is usually lost, and motor function is abnormal from the onset.
Complex partial or temporal lobe seizures:
May lose contact with reality, stop purposeful activity, and begin a series of automatic gestures (eg, lip smacking, hand-wringing, or picking at clothing) ...
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Repeated episodes of temporal lobe seizures can often times damage the Hippocampus which is a part of the brain that affects learning and memory.
The complex partial seizures (sometimes called "temporal lobe seizures" or "psychomotor seizures"), in which consciousness is impaired, have a greater array of symptoms.
In a complex partial seizure (also called a psychomotor or temporal lobe seizure), you may experience an altered consciousness, display repetitious behavior or movements and not be able to interact with others until the seizure subsides.
Temporal lobe epilepsy is difficult to diagnose because temporal lobe seizures may not show up on an EEG. The diagnosis may instead be made through observation of symptoms or the use of brain imaging technology.
Focal seizure; Jacksonian seizure; Seizure - partial (focal); Temporal lobe seizure
Symptoms
Patients with focal seizures can have any of the symptoms below, depending on where in the brain the seizure starts.
A runny nose is common after a temporal lobe seizure, but not after seizures in other locations. Furthermore, the hand with which the patient wipes the nose coincides with the side of the brain in which the seizure occurs.
They are characterized by episodes of loss of awareness or contact with surroundings. During a temporal lobe seizure, the person may display automatisms. Temporal lobe seizures may be followed by confusion for a few minutes ...
Tests: The diagnosis is not established with specific tests, but electroencephalogram (EEG) should be done to rule out temporal lobe seizures.
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Temporal lobe seizures may be classified by etiolgy as cryptogenic, familial, or symptomatic (i.e., related to an identified disease process or lesion).
(From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p321) ...
Twenty percent of males with Fragile X are prone to seizures , including petit mal, grand mal, and temporal lobe seizures.
(which differs from a simple partial seizure). This type of seizure can arise from any part of the brain but most commonly arises from a temporal lobe (a part of the brain). Therefore, this type is sometimes called 'temporal lobe seizure'.
 See also: Seizure, Seizures, Epilepsy, Symptom, Consciousness
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