FOCAL ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC SEIZURE DISCHARGES IN ACUTE CEREBRAL INFARCTION - ELECTROGRAPHIC CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
FOCAL ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC SEIZURE DISCHARGES IN ACUTE CEREBRAL INFARCTION - ELECTROGRAPHIC CLINICAL AND PATHOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS
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DOI:
10.1212/wnl.15.2.123
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发表时间:
1965-01-01
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影响因子:
9.9
通讯作者:
LUTTRELL, CN
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作者:
CHATRIAN, GE;SHAW, CM;LUTTRELL, CN
Focal seizure discharges were recorded in electroencephalograms of 10 subjects suffering from acute cerebral infarction. Seven patients had unremitting periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges ("PLEDs"), and 3 had varying degrees of slow disturbance in their electroencephalogram in intervals between seizures. Clinical manifestations of seizure activity accompanied the electroencephalographic paroxysms in 7 patients. The seizures consisted of focal motor phenomena in 6 and unresponsiveness in 1. In 1 patient with "continual psychical seizures" and in 2 who were comatose throughout the recording, the electroencephalographic seizures occurred without significant changes in the patient''s clinical condition. Between seizures all subjects exhibited various symptoms and signs of impaired neurological and mental functions, such as alterations of consciousness, motor and sensory deficits, visual field defects, and alterations of symbolic functions. Systemic metabolic disorders (uremia and disorders of fluid, electrolyte, and acid-base balance) may have contributed to the occurrence of epileptic seizures in 7 patients by lowering the convulsive threshold of the brain. Six patients recovered from their acute illness. Autopsy was obtained in 3 of 4 who died. Correlation of electroencephalographic, clinical, and pathological findings suggests that the seizure discharges arose peripheral to the lesion or to the surrounding pathological abnormalities.