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Focal clonic seizure of epilepsia partialis continua progressing to hemiconvulsions

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Focal clonic seizure of epilepsia partialis continua progressing to hemiconvulsions

Video-EEG of a 12-year-old girl with epilepsia partialis continua of unknown etiology. Note fast (3 to 10 Hz) twitching of the left eyelid also spreading to the right side. The seizure progressed to left-sided tonic and then clonic convulsions mainly affecting the face and upper limb. (From Panayiotopoulos CP. The Epilepsies: Seizures, Syndromes and Management. Oxford: Bladon Medical Publishing, 2005. Used with permission of the publisher).

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