Seizure Presentation and Diagnosis Typical Cases Diagnosis Patient has prolonged coughing spell. EEG shows diffuse slowing. Reflex cough syncope with clonic jerks of convulsive syncope During a prolonged jerking spell, staff members are able to make patient intermittently respond verbally and follow commands. EEG shows muscle and electrode artifacts. Conversion disorder Patient arouses from sleep and appears confused and agitated.
Staff can arouse patient from episode.
EEG shows sleep and then an awake pattern. He describes a visual aura followed by a unilateral headache. Migraine Video-EEG monitoring can determine the type of epileptic seizure. This is important because different types of seizures may require different medical therapies. Examples are differentiating absence from complex partial seizures, or secondarily generalized from primary generalized convulsive seizures.