In a patient with epilepsy who has seizures characterized by tonic extension of the right arm and left shoulder abduction with elbow flexion while consciousness is preserved, which structure is the most likely seizure focus: cingulate gyrus, orbitofrontal cortex, parahippocampal gyrus, primary motor cortex, or supplementary motor area?

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