A localization-related (focal) form of epilepsy characterized by seizures which arise in the frontal lobe. A variety of clinical syndromes exist depending on the exact location of the seizure focus. Simple or complex motor movements may occur, and most commonly involve the face and upper extremities. Seizures in the anterior frontal regions may be associated with head and eye turning, typically away from the side of origin of the seizure. Frontal lobe seizures may be idiopathic (cryptogenic) or caused by an identifiable disease process such as traumatic injuries, neoplasms, or other macroscopic or microscopic lesions of the frontal lobes (symptomatic frontal lobe seizures). (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, pp318-9)

Descriptor ID	D017034
MeSH Number(s)	C10.228.140.490.360.270
Concept/Terms	Epilepsy, Frontal Lobe Epilepsy, Frontal Lobe Frontal Lobe Epilepsies Frontal Lobe Epilepsy Epilepsy, Cingulate Epilepsy, Cingulate Cingulate Epilepsies Cingulate Epilepsy Epilepsies, Cingulate Frontal Epilepsy, Benign, Childhood Frontal Epilepsy, Benign, Childhood Benign Frontal Childhood Epilepsy Childhood Benign Frontal Epilepsy Epilepsy, Benign Frontal, Childhood Epilepsy, Orbito-Frontal Epilepsy, Orbito-Frontal Epilepsies, Orbito-Frontal Epilepsy, Orbito Frontal Orbito-Frontal Epilepsies Orbito-Frontal Epilepsy Epilepsy, Supplementary Motor Epilepsy, Supplementary Motor Epilepsies, Supplementary Motor Motor Epilepsies, Supplementary Supplementary Motor Epilepsies Supplementary Motor Epilepsy Epilepsy, Anterior Fronto-Polar Epilepsy, Anterior Fronto-Polar Anterior Fronto-Polar Epilepsies Anterior Fronto-Polar Epilepsy Epilepsies, Anterior Fronto-Polar Epilepsy, Anterior Fronto Polar Fronto-Polar Epilepsies, Anterior Fronto-Polar Epilepsy, Anterior Epilepsy, Opercular Epilepsy, Opercular Opercular Epilepsies Opercular Epilepsy

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