OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the localizing value of abdominal aura and its evolution into other @entity410 types. METHODS: The @entity410 of 491 consecutive @entity1 with @entity1625 were prospectively classified according to a recently introduced semiologic @entity410 classification. All @entity1 underwent prolonged EEG video monitoring and MRI scan. Two hundred twenty-three @entity1 (45%) had @entity1315 ( @entity1315 ); 113 @entity1 (23%) had @entity302 ; and for 155 (32%) @entity1 , the @entity302 could not be localized to one lobe. RESULTS: Abdominal auras were more frequent with @entity1315 (117 of 223 @entity1 , 52%) than in @entity302 (13 of 113 @entity1 , 12%, p < 0.0001) and more frequent in mesial @entity1315 (70 of 110 @entity1 , 64%) than in neocortical @entity1315 (16 of 41 @entity1 , 39%, p = 0.007). No preponderance to one side existed. Abdominal auras were followed by ictal oral and manual automatisms ( @entity410 ) in at least one @entity410 evolution in all @entity1 with @entity1315 (117 @entity1 , 100%). In contrast, only two @entity1 with @entity302 (2 of 13 @entity1 , 15%, p < 0.0001) had abdominal auras evolving into automotor @entity410 . An abdominal aura is associated with @entity1315 with a probability of 73.6%. The evolution of an abdominal aura into an @entity410 , however, increases the probability of @entity1315 to 98.3%. CONCLUSIONS: These results demonstrate that evolution of abdominal aura into @entity410 permits differentiation between @entity1315 and @entity302 , showing that analysis of @entity410 evolution provides more localizing information than does the frequency of particular @entity410 types.

The localizing value of the abdominal aura and its evolution: a study in XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients'] @entity410 :: ('MESH:D012640', 'Disease') :: ['seizure', 'seizures', 'automotor seizure'] @entity1625 :: ('MESH:D004828', 'Disease') :: ['focal epilepsies'] @entity1315 :: ('MESH:D004833', 'Disease') :: ['TLE', 'temporal lobe epilepsy', 'temporal lobe epilepsies'] @entity302 :: ('MESH:D004827', 'Disease') :: ['epilepsy', 'extratemporal epilepsy', 'extratemporal epilepsies']
@entity1625 :: (MESH:D004828,Disease) :: ['focal epilepsies']
