Bilateral Painful Hand Seizures: An Atypical Somatotopic Syndrome

Joshua Koleske; Jordan Y Amar; Chris A Chou; Arun S Varadhachary

doi:10.1177/19418744221107502

Bilateral Painful Hand Seizures: An Atypical Somatotopic Syndrome

Neurohospitalist. 2022 Oct;12(4):706-707. doi: 10.1177/19418744221107502. Epub 2022 Jun 7.

Authors

Joshua Koleske¹, Jordan Y Amar², Chris A Chou³, Arun S Varadhachary²

Affiliations

¹ Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
² Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA.
³ Department of Neurology, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, USA.

Abstract

Painful Hand Seizures are a rarely reported form of secondary sensory seizures (SSS) characterized by painful, bilateral sensorimotor hand involvement and preserved consciousness. We report our case to aid neurologists in recognizing SSS as an atypical presentation of seizures.

Keywords: SII; painful hand seizures; secondary sensory seizures; somatosensory cortex.