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Epileptic Seizures in Nonembolic Cerebral Infarction

Epileptic Seizures in Nonembolic Cerebral Infarction Abstract THERE have been few studies of the incidence and prognosis of seizures in patients with nonembolic cerebral infarction. Jackson in 18641 was amongst the first to comment upon a relationship between seizures and vascular disease, particularly embolic cerebrovascular occlusion, but he had no pathological confirmation of his diagnosis. Gowers in 18812 collected and reported 66 patients with "hemiplegia" and epilepsy, in some of whom the hemiplegia was thought to have resulted from embolic cerebrovascular occlusion. Two thirds of his patients were less than 5 years of age, and pathological confirmation of the specific cause of "hemiplegia" was not obtained. Dunham in 19163 reported seven patients with epileptic seizures found in a group of 100 patients consecutively admitted because of cerebrovascular accidents. The group was composed of patients with cerebrovascular disease of all sorts, and the fact that four of the seven epileptics also had syphilis References 1. Jackson, J.H.: Investigation of Epilepsies in Selected Writings of John Hughlings Jackson , New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1958, p 233. 2. Gowers, W.R.: Epilepsy and Other Chronic Convulsive Diseases , New York: Dover Publication, 1964, p 106. 3. Dunham, H.G.: Post-Hemiplegia Epilepsy Occurring in Adults , Bull Dept Pub Char 1:72, 1916. 4. Aring, C.D., and Merritt, H.H.: The Differential Diagnosis Between Cerebral Hemorrhage and Cerebral Thrombosis , Arch Intern Med 56:395, 1935.Crossref 5. Richardson, E.P., Jr., and Dodge, P.R.: Epilepsy in Cerebral Vascular Disease: A Study of the Incidence and Nature of Seizures in 104 Consecutive Autopsy-Proven Cases of Cerebral Infarction and Hemorrhage , Epilepsia 3:49-74, 1954.Crossref 6. Dodge, P.R; Richardson, E.P., Jr.; and Victor, M.: Recurrent Convulsive Seizures as a Sequel to Cerebral Infarction: A Clinical and Pathological Study , Brain 77:610-638, 1954.Crossref 7. Millikan, C.H. (ed.): A Classification and Out-line of Cerebrovascular Disease—A Report of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Advisory Council of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness , Neurology 8:395, 1958. 8. Jennett, W.B.: Epilepsy After Blunt Head Injury , London: W. Heinemann, 1962, p 74. 9. Evans, J.H.: The Significance of Early Post-Traumatic Epilepsy , Neurology 13:207, 1963.Crossref 10. Morell, F.: Experimental Focal Epilepsy in Animals , Arch Neurol 1:141-147, 1959.Crossref 11. Penfield, W., and Humphreys, S.: Epileptogenic Lesions of the Brain , Arch Neurol Psychiat 43:240, 1940.Crossref 12. Schmidt, R.P.; Thomas, L.B.; and Ward, Jr., A.A.: The Hyperexcitable Neuron: Microelectrode Studies of Chronic Epileptic Foci in Monkey , J Neurophysiol 22:285, 1959. 13. Echlin, F.A.: The Supersensitivity of Chronically Isolated Cerebral Cortex as a Mechanism in Focal Epilepsy , Electroenceph Clin Neurophysiol 11:697, 1959.Crossref 14. French, J.D.; Gernandt, B.E.; and Living-stone, R.B.; Regional Differences in Seizure Susceptibility in Monkey Cortex , Arch Neurol Psychiat 75:260, 1956.Crossref http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Archives of Neurology American Medical Association

Epileptic Seizures in Nonembolic Cerebral Infarction

Louis, Sydney; McDowell, Fletcher
Archives of Neurology , Volume 17 (4) – Oct 1, 1967
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Abstract THERE have been few studies of the incidence and prognosis of seizures in patients with nonembolic cerebral infarction. Jackson in 18641 was amongst the first to comment upon a relationship between seizures and vascular disease, particularly embolic cerebrovascular occlusion, but he had no pathological confirmation of his diagnosis. Gowers in 18812 collected and reported 66 patients with "hemiplegia" and epilepsy, in some of whom the hemiplegia was thought to have resulted from embolic cerebrovascular occlusion. Two thirds of his patients were less than 5 years of age, and pathological confirmation of the specific cause of "hemiplegia" was not obtained. Dunham in 19163 reported seven patients with epileptic seizures found in a group of 100 patients consecutively admitted because of cerebrovascular accidents. The group was composed of patients with cerebrovascular disease of all sorts, and the fact that four of the seven epileptics also had syphilis References 1. Jackson, J.H.: Investigation of Epilepsies in Selected Writings of John Hughlings Jackson , New York: Basic Books, Inc., 1958, p 233. 2. Gowers, W.R.: Epilepsy and Other Chronic Convulsive Diseases , New York: Dover Publication, 1964, p 106. 3. Dunham, H.G.: Post-Hemiplegia Epilepsy Occurring in Adults , Bull Dept Pub Char 1:72, 1916. 4. Aring, C.D., and Merritt, H.H.: The Differential Diagnosis Between Cerebral Hemorrhage and Cerebral Thrombosis , Arch Intern Med 56:395, 1935.Crossref 5. Richardson, E.P., Jr., and Dodge, P.R.: Epilepsy in Cerebral Vascular Disease: A Study of the Incidence and Nature of Seizures in 104 Consecutive Autopsy-Proven Cases of Cerebral Infarction and Hemorrhage , Epilepsia 3:49-74, 1954.Crossref 6. Dodge, P.R; Richardson, E.P., Jr.; and Victor, M.: Recurrent Convulsive Seizures as a Sequel to Cerebral Infarction: A Clinical and Pathological Study , Brain 77:610-638, 1954.Crossref 7. Millikan, C.H. (ed.): A Classification and Out-line of Cerebrovascular Disease—A Report of the Ad Hoc Committee of the Advisory Council of the National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Blindness , Neurology 8:395, 1958. 8. Jennett, W.B.: Epilepsy After Blunt Head Injury , London: W. Heinemann, 1962, p 74. 9. Evans, J.H.: The Significance of Early Post-Traumatic Epilepsy , Neurology 13:207, 1963.Crossref 10. Morell, F.: Experimental Focal Epilepsy in Animals , Arch Neurol 1:141-147, 1959.Crossref 11. Penfield, W., and Humphreys, S.: Epileptogenic Lesions of the Brain , Arch Neurol Psychiat 43:240, 1940.Crossref 12. Schmidt, R.P.; Thomas, L.B.; and Ward, Jr., A.A.: The Hyperexcitable Neuron: Microelectrode Studies of Chronic Epileptic Foci in Monkey , J Neurophysiol 22:285, 1959. 13. Echlin, F.A.: The Supersensitivity of Chronically Isolated Cerebral Cortex as a Mechanism in Focal Epilepsy , Electroenceph Clin Neurophysiol 11:697, 1959.Crossref 14. French, J.D.; Gernandt, B.E.; and Living-stone, R.B.; Regional Differences in Seizure Susceptibility in Monkey Cortex , Arch Neurol Psychiat 75:260, 1956.Crossref

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