Conclusions Postoperative ES was diagnosed in 4.9% of patients after brain tumor surgery, and NCSE constituted the overwhelming majority of postoperative ES.doi:10.1016/j.inat.2019.100549Kazuki SakakuraEiichi IshikawaMasahide MatsudaHiroyoshi Akutsu
Antiepileptic drugs can be beneficial for brain tumor patients who have actually experienced a seizure. There are many types of brain tumors, and different types have different risks for seizure. Gliomas and meningiomas are the most common types in adults. Gliomas have many subtypes named after the...
A seizure (also called a fit, spell, convulsion, or attack) is the visible sign of a problem in the electrical system of the brain. A single seizure can have many causes, such as a high fever, lack of oxygen, poisoning, trauma, a tumor, infection, or after brain surgery. Most seizu...
Dizzinesscan sometimes be an early sign of atumor. This may be the case, for example, with children who have apineal glandtumor deep within the brain.1Headaches, too, are common in both adults and children diagnosed with a brain tumor, but headaches are not the only symptom of a brain ...
Brain tumor symptoms are associated with the part of the brain where a tumor is growing. They also can develop due to increased intracranial pressure (pressure in and around the brain). For example, you may experience changes in vision if the tumor is in an area of the brain that controls...
Eighty patients older than 65 years underwent craniotomy for primary or secondary brain tumors. Glioblastoma was the most common tumor, followed by metastatic carcinoma and meningioma. Three patients died within 30 days of surgery. Twent... T Tomita,AJ Raimondi - 《Jama the Journal of the America...
Early postoperative seizures (EPS) are a common complication of brain tumour surgery. This paper investigates risk factors, management and clinical relevance of EPS. We retrospectively analysed the occurrence of EPS, clinical and laboratory parameters, imaging and histopathological findings in a cohort ...
Fortunately, 83 percent of those who had seizures before surgery no longer had them after their tumor was removed. Seizures continuing after surgery were also correlated with the tumors growing back, underscoring the need for these patients to be closely monitored for a more aggressive clinical ...
If you have two or more unprovoked seizures, you may be diagnosed with epilepsy. This brain condition sometimes runs in families. But it can also be caused by a head trauma, infection, tumor, or injury that happened before birth. Some developmental issues, likeautism, can also raise your ...
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