Progress on Post Traumatic Epilepsy and Its Forensic Evaluation.
10.3969/j.issn.1004-5619.2016.03.010
- Author:
Yun Ge ZHANG
1
;
Chun Xiao LI
1
;
Guo Fu GUAN
1
;
Ming LÜ
1
;
He Ying CHENG
1
;
Huan CHEN
1
Author Information
1. Institute of Forensic Expertise, Dean Hospital of Changzhou, Changzhou 213003, China.
- Publication Type:Review
- Keywords:
craniocerebral trauma;
epilepsy, post-traumatic;
forensic medicine;
review [publication type]
- MeSH:
Brain Injuries, Traumatic/physiopathology*;
Electroencephalography;
Epilepsy;
Epilepsy, Post-Traumatic/pathology*;
Forensic Pathology;
Humans;
Incidence
- From:
Journal of Forensic Medicine
2016;32(3):200-203
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Post traumatic epilepsy （PTE） refers to the epileptic seizures after traumatic brain injury. Organic damage can be found by imaging examination, and abnormal electroencephalogram can be detected via electroencephalogram examination which has the similar location of the brain injury. PTE has the characteristics of low incidence, absence of case reports, and easy to exaggerate the state of illness, which add difficulties to the forensic identification. This paper reviews the status of epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical treatment and forensic identification for PTE.
