at type of seizure disorder is he most likely to have?
A 28-year-old book editor comes to your clinic, complaining of strange episodes. He states that about once a week for the last 3 months his left hand and arm will stiffen and then start jerking. He says that after a few seconds his whole left arm and then his left leg will also start to jerk. He denies any loss of consciousness or loss of bowel or bladder control. When the symptoms resolve, his arm and leg feel tired but otherwise he feels fine. His past medical history is significant for a cyst in his brain that was removed 6 months ago. He is married and has two children. His parents are both healthy. On examination you see a scar over the right side of his head but otherwise his neurologic examination is unremarkable.
A) Generalized tonic–clonic seizure
B) Generalized absence seizure
C) Simple partial seizure (Jacksonian)
D) Complex partial seizure
C) Simple partial seizure (Jacksonian)
Simple partial seizures start with a unilateral symptom, involve no loss of consciousness, and have a normal postictal state. In a Jacksonian seizure the symptoms start with one body part and “march” along the same side of the body.
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