Seizure semiology experts:
- Can a patient mumble phrases during what appeared to be a GTC seizure?
This patient with Wernicke’s encephalopathy had the traditional features of a GTC seizure but kept asking “what time is it”, but not answering, not interacting.
- Can a patient mumble phrases during what appeared to be a GTC seizure?
This patient with Wernicke’s encephalopathy had the traditional features of a GTC seizure but kept asking “what time is it”, but not answering, not interacting.
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Long answer - A GTC will have synchronous bilateral clonic activity. Was it bilateral, was it synchronous?
If it was not GTC, it could have been myoclonic seizures, motor hyperkinetic seizures from frontal lobe or non-epileptic.