EEG IN CHOREA OR INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS

Chorea is not an epileptic disorder and the EEG characteristically does not show any paroxysmal activity. But in these cases we also have to consider complex partial seizures in the differential. Oroalimentary automatisms may be the presenting feature of seizures or they may be the manifestation of an extrapyramidal abnormality and the best way to differentiate between the two would be with a EEG. Hand automatisms and Gestural automatisms which may resemble choreoathetoid movements may often time be manifestations of seizures. Versive seizures involve the person walking or running , sometimes in a circle; an EEG can clinch the diagnosis in this situation where unfortunately the first diagnostic possibility that comes to mind is lunacy.

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