Table 3.
Ictal EEG and semiological findings on pre-treatment EEGs
Ictal EEG findings | N (%) |
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Bilateral synchronous symmetric onset only | 9 (37.5) |
Bilateral synchronous asymmetric onset only | 1 (4.2) |
Both bilateral synchronous symmetric and asymmetric onset* | 10 (41.7) |
Both focal and bilateral synchronous symmetric onset*/** | 5 (20.8) |
Ictal semiological findings | |
Absence without motor components only | 10 (41.7) |
Absence with motor components only | 7 (29.2) |
Absence with and without motor components | 7 (29.2) |
Motor semiological findings | |
Oral automatisms only | 8 (33.3) |
Mild clonic movements of the eyelids only | 2 (8.3) |
Extremity myoclonias only | 1 (4.2) |
Both oral automatisms and mild clonic movements of the eyelids | 3 (12.5) |
In one patient, bilateral synchronous symmetric, asymmetric and also focal seizure onset was present.
Frontal seizure onset was found in two patients, and TPO seizure onset was in two. One patient had both frontal and TPO seizure onset.