A professor in the middle of a lecture unbuttoned his shirt and rebuttoned it several times in rapid succession, started to sing, and then ran out of the room.He was discovered several hours later sleeping in the rain on a bench in front of the university library.He could not remember his classroom behavior, and he had no idea how he had fallen asleep in the rain.The professor may have experienced
A) a grand mal attack.
B) a generalized seizure.
C) a complex partial seizure.
D) a spike-and-wave discharge.
E) a petit mal absence attack.

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The described behavior, including unbuttoning and rebuttoning clothes, singing, and amnesia for the events, suggests a complex partial seizure. Being found sleeping in the rain also indicates a loss of awareness and control of the surroundings, which is common with complex partial seizures.

A Professor in the Middle of a Lecture Unbuttoned His