Epilepsy surgery

1.       When do you call a seizure an epilepsy?

• A.      At least two unprovoked (or reflex) seizures occurring >24 hours apart

• All seizures are epilepsy

•   2 seizures 24 hrs apart

•   Seizure not controlled by drugs

  Which is the most common type of seiziure?

• Primary GTCS

•   Partial seizure

• Absence seizure

• Partial seizure with secondary generalisation

     Which is the most reliable sign to identify a seizure?

• Sustained tonic phase

• Sustained clonic phase

• Tongue bite

• Urinary incontinence

In which of these patients admitted with H/o trauma,  will you start anti epileptic drugs

• H/o seizure at the time of trauma

• LOC > 30 min

• H/O Vomiting

• All patients with trauma

Déjà vu can be localized to

• Frontal or mesiotemporal of the dominant hemisphere

• Mesiotemporal without lateralization

• Amygdala

• Changes in the matrix

Versive head turning to the right can be localized to

• Right frontal lobe

•     Left frontal lobe

• Left fronto temporal lobe

• Right fronto temporal lobe

 In EEG, which of the following is incorrect?

• F- frontal

• C- contralateral

• T- temporal

• A- mastoid

Gold standard investigation for epilepsy is

• 1.5 Tesla MRI

• 3Tesla MRI

• CT

• SPECT

Which of the following is not available in IV form?

• Phenytoin

• Carbamazepine

• Levitracitam

• Lacosamide

Which is the first-line agent for primary generalized epilepsy

• Valproic acid

• Lamotrigene

• Lacosamide

• Levitriacetam