Complex partial seizures: Clinical characteristics and differential diagnosis

Neurology ◽  
1983 ◽  
Vol 33 (9) ◽  
pp. 11515-11515 ◽  
Author(s):  
W. H. Theodore ◽  
R. J. Porter ◽  
J. K. Penry
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Partial Seizures ◽  
Complex Partial Seizures

Seizures

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk Bäumer
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Neuronal Activity ◽  
Brain Region ◽  
Diagnostic Tests ◽  
Partial Seizures ◽  
Complex Partial Seizures ◽  
Focal Seizures ◽  
Generalized Seizures ◽  
The Brain

Seizures are transient neurological events caused by abnormal excessive or synchronous neuronal activity in the brain. This can arise from a localized brain region, causing focal seizures, or simultaneously from both hemispheres, leading to generalized seizures. Epilepsy is the tendency to develop recurrent seizures and is usually diagnosed after two or more unprovoked seizures. This chapter covers simple partial seizures (sometimes called aura), complex partial seizures, and focal (or partial) seizures, their differential diagnosis, context, approach to diagnosis, key diagnostic tests, therapy, and prognosis, as well as dealing with uncertainty in a diagnosis.

scholarly journals Clinical characteristics of complex partial seizures: a temporal versus a frontal lobe onset

Seizure ◽  
1997 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
U. Kramer ◽  
J.J. Riviello ◽  
L. Carmant ◽  
P. McL. Black ◽  
J. Madsen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Frontal Lobe ◽  
Clinical Characteristics ◽  
Partial Seizures ◽  
Complex Partial Seizures

Difficulty in differential diagnosis of atypical absence seizures and complex partial seizures in childhood

1995 ◽  
Vol 49 (3) ◽  
pp. S300-S301
Author(s):  
JIRO ONO ◽  
TOSHIYUKI MANO ◽  
TOMOKO IKEDA ◽  
TAKESHI MURAMATSU ◽  
HIROSHI ARAI ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Partial Seizures ◽  
Complex Partial Seizures ◽  
Absence Seizures ◽  
Atypical Absence

scholarly journals Temporal choroidal fissure cyst and temporal lobe epilepsy: report of two cases

2010 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 167-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gustavo Rassier Isolan ◽  
Marino Muxfeldt Bianchin ◽  
Carolina Machado Torres ◽  
José Augusto Bragatti ◽  
Juliana Bohn Assman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Temporal Lobe ◽  
Clinical Course ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Complex Partial Seizure ◽  
Partial Seizures ◽  
Complex Partial Seizures ◽  
Temporal Horn ◽  
Background Data ◽  
Temporal Lobe Seizure

STUDY DESIGN: Two case reports of a choroidal fissure cyst in the temporal horn associated with complex partial seizure. OBJECTIVES: To describe the clinical course, image findings and literature review of choroidal fissure cysts. SUMMARY AND BACKGROUND DATA: there are few reported cases of choroidal fissure cysts. RESULTS: We report two patients with complex partial seizures and temporal choroidal fissure cysts. The seizures were controlled in both patients. CONCLUSION: The choroidal fissure cyst diagnosis must highlight the importance of considering this lesion in the differential diagnosis of temporal lobe cyst and temporal lobe seizure.

Time Interval Between Traumatic Brain Injury And Post Traumatic Epilepsy

2013 ◽  
Vol 21 (2) ◽  
pp. 222-228
Author(s):  
Daniel Garbin Di Luca ◽  
Glenda Corrêa Borges de Lacerda
Keyword(s):  
Traumatic Brain Injury ◽  
Brain Injury ◽  
First Year ◽  
Time Interval ◽  
Partial Seizures ◽  
Complex Partial Seizures ◽  
Post Traumatic ◽  
Faster Development ◽  
Post Traumatic Epilepsy ◽  
Traumatic Epilepsy

Introduction. The estimated time interval in which an individual can develop Post Traumatic Epilepsy (PTE) after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is not clear. Objective. To assess the possible influence of the clinical features in the time interval between TBI and PTE develop­ment. Method. We analyzed retrospectively 400 medical records from a tertiary Brazilian hospital. We selected and reevaluated 50 patients and data was confronted with the time between TBI and PTE devel­opment by a Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. A Cox-hazard regression was also conducted to define the characteristics that could be involved in the latent period of the PTE development. Results. Patients devel­oped PTE especially in the first year (56%). We found a tendency of a faster development of PTE in patients older than 24 years (P<0.0001) and in men (P=0.03). Complex partial seizures evolving to generalized seizures were predominant in patients after moderate (37.7%) and severe (48.8%) TBIs, and simple partial seizures evolving to general­ized seizures in mild TBIs (45.5%). Conclusions. Our data suggest that the first year after a TBI is the most critical period for PTE de­velopment and those males older than 24 years could have a faster development of PTE.

Postictal language dysfunction in complex partial seizures: Effect of contralateral ictal spread

Neurology ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 56 (11) ◽  
pp. 1590-1592 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. M. Ficker ◽  
R. Shukla ◽  
M. D. Privitera
Keyword(s):  
Partial Seizures ◽  
Complex Partial Seizures
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