The clinical analysis of 64 patients with poststroke epilepsy
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4904.2011.z2.006
- VernacularTitle:脑卒中后癫痫64例临床分析
- Author:
Zhenhua WANG
;
Lanying JIN
;
Feng GAO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Stroke;
Poststroke epilepsy
- From:
Chinese Journal of Postgraduates of Medicine
2011;34(z2):14-16
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the clinical characteristics of poststroke epilepsy and to discuss the association with the type of stroke,the location of focus.Methods Clinical information of 64 patients with poststroke epilepsy taken from 932 patients with stroke were analyzed retrospectively.Results In the patients with first stroke,the incidence of poststroke epilepsy was 6.9％.Among them,47 cases belong to early seizure (73.4％) and 17 cases belong to late seizure (26.6％).The incidence of poststroke epilepsy was difference between ischemic stroke and hemorrhagic stroke.There were more cases of stroke in cortical focus than subcortial one.Onset seizures type was more cases of partal seizure than generalized tonic-seizure (GTS).The treatment on early seizure could be short-range treatment and the treatment on late seizure should be long-term standardized treatment and regular.Conclusions Occurrence of poststroke epilepsy were involved in the type of stroke,the location of focus (cortex / subcortex).It is helpful for guiding the clinical therapy of patients with stroke and improving the quality of their life to analyse the clinical characteristics of poststroke epilepsy.
