Reflex seizures triggered by cutaneous stimuli

Seizures in TIS are most likely focal, without impairment of awareness, and refractory to medical treatment. Antiepileptic drugs can prevent the progression to bilateral convulsion. The origins of such seizures seem to be related to small lesions or epileptogenic zones in the perirolandic areas. Lesional HWS and WCIS are focal seizures that involve impairment of consciousness or focal seizures that evolve to bilateral convulsion, are not such location specific and involve larger ictogenic areas. In both epilepsies, stimulus avoidance is the most effective treatment.