Rare diseases · Sign or symptom

Repeated focal motor seizures

HP:0032665

What it means

A type of focal motor status epilepticus characterized by repeated motor, typically clonic events repeatedly affecting the same segments of the body with spread of clonic movements through contiguous body parts unilaterally, and repeating over a sufficiently prolonged period to reach a diagnosis of status epilepticus.

Rare diseases that can present with this1

Common30–79%

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The range is how often this sign appears among people diagnosed with each disease — it is not a probability of having any of them. Many of these signs also occur in common, non-rare conditions. A sign on this page is a conversation to have with a clinician, not a conclusion.

Part of the broader category

Also called: Jacksonian status epilepticus

Repeated focal motor seizures

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This page uses the Human Phenotype Ontology (2026-06-23) — Human Phenotype Ontology Consortium, hpo.jax.org. Disease associations from Orphanet (INSERM), CC BY 4.0. Content is educational and is not medical advice.