When evaluating patients in the "gray zone", other factors such as ictal semiology, neuroimaging, genetic testing and functional deficits may need to be considered to reach an accurate diagnosis. An overlap of focal and generalized epileptiform abnormalities may support a continuum between focal and generalized epilepsy. As a part of the special issue on "The epileptogenic zone in pediatric epilepsy surgery", this focused narrative review will discuss different focal abnormalities seen in generalized epilepsy. An example is the occurrence of focal interictal and focal ictal abnormalities in generalized epilepsies.
The distinction between generalized and focal epilepsy is at times imperfect and some epilepsies have features that fall in between these two extremes. In clinical practice, the diagnosis of focal vs generalized epilepsy dictates the management of the patient.
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