Bilateral focal motor status epilepticus with retained consciousness afterstroke

Bilateral motor seizures with retained consciousness are rare and often mis taken for pseudoseizures. In the few reported cases, the seizures were brie f and the underlying lesion usually was a tumor. Here the authors describe a patient with bilateral focal motor status epilepticus with retained consc iousness after a stroke. A seizure should be considered as the possible cau se of continuous bilateral limb movements with retained consciousness.