Functional seizures: clinical patterns

Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .

Functional seizures: clinical patterns. Hiding the face, Punching, Grasping, Tremor, Vocalisation, Waddling. Fully referenced neurology checklist.

Dystonic

  • Hiding the face
  • Punching
  • Grasping
  • Tremor
  • Vocalisation
  • Waddling
  • Episodes last <5 minutes

Pauci-kinetic

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Pseudo-syncope

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Prolonged hyperkinetic

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Prolonged axial dystonic

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Other stereotypic categories

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Synonyms

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References

  1. Mellers JDC. The approach to patients with "non-epileptic seizures". Postgrad Med J 2005; 81:498-504.
  2. Hubsch C, Baumann C, Hingray C, et al. Clinical classification of psychogenic non-epileptic seizures based on video-EEG analysis and automatic clustering. JNNP 2011; 82:955-960.

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