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SMLE Question #17345
Pediatrics
Paediatric Neurology
Last updated: February 2026
A 2-year-old previously healthy boy is brought to the clinic 3 days after a generalized tonic-clonic seizure during a high fever from a viral upper respiratory infection. The seizure lasted 2 minutes, had no focal features, and he returned to baseline within 30 minutes. He has no prior afebrile seizures, no family history of epilepsy, and normal development. Physical and neurologic examinations are normal. His parents ask about long-term prognosis and epilepsy risk; what is the most appropriate statement to tell them?
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