Focal seizure


Disease modifying treatment available:
Time critical diagnosis and management:
Lateralising:


Taxotomy

Supercategory
Seizure
Subclassifications Epidemiology Clinical features
Temporal lobe seizure None



Aetiology

Disorder Clinical features Associated features Investigations Disease modifying treatment available Time critical
Anti-LGI1 encephalitis Cognitive impairment
Facio-brachial dystonic seizures
Anti-CASPR2 encephalitis



Clinical features


Focal seizure may cause the following:





Treatment


NICE Guideline 217 (April 2022) recommends offering lamotrigine or levetiracetam first line.


Pharmacological treatments