Purpose : Aura is a brief subjective symptom that may represent the initial manifestation of a partial epileptic seizure with objective signs or constitute the entire epileptic attack (focal sensory seizure (FSS)). We studied the electro-clinical features of FSSs recorded in 28 patients. Methods :...
Focal seizures affect a small area of thebrain, while generalized seizures affect the entire brain. Also called partial seizures, focal seizures are classified as either simple or complex, depending on whether or not a person is conscious during the episode. A seizure can happen unexpectedly to an...
Most patients present with late-stage cerebritis or abscess and clinical signs of an intracerebral mass lesion. The most common symptoms are fever,seizures, nausea,headache, and vomiting. Focalneurologic signsdepend on the region of brain involved. View chapterExplore book Neurologic Diseases TomSolomo...
Late-onset partial epileptic seizures occurred in 10 patients with symptoms and/or signs of ischemic cerebrovascular disease (ICVD) and were associated with transient ischemic attacks in 7 of them. History, somatic and neurological examinations, laboratory and ancillary investigations and follow-up reveal...
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All patients had been treated with AEDs, but they did not show any clinical signs of toxicity, interhemispheric symptoms, or abnormal neurological findings (including seizures). Conclusion We believe that our MR findings might be interpreted as transient lesions related to AED toxicity. They ...
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Within a week, she returned with worsened symptoms despite being therapeutic on warfarin. Cerebral angiogram showed signs concerning for progression of cortical vein thrombosis and she was admitted briefly until she developed generalized seizures and was transferred to our hospital on intravenous heparin ...
dyscognitive seizuresseizure semiologyAim. Signs indicating the end of a focal seizure with loss of awareness and/or responsiveness but without progression to focal or generalized motor symptoms are poorly defined and can be difficult to determine. Not recognizing the transition from ictal to post...
The conditions considered here are all idiopathic –'syndromes which are only epilepsy, with no underlying structural brain lesion or other neurologic signs or symptoms ...'. They occur in children who are otherwise normal. Not all idiopathic epilepsies are benign and some symptomatic ones are....