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3720706

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1986-8-20
pubmed:abstractText
Our study covered a 5-year period, and included all patients within a well-defined area who developed seizures after age 60 years. The dominant cause of seizures was a previous stroke, accounting for 32% of all cases. Tumors accounted for 14%, and the cause of seizures remained unknown in 25%. Seizures were recurrent in greater than 80% of patients with first seizure greater than 6 months after stroke. Fifteen of 21 patients with tumors had metastatic tumors. Of the six patients with primary brain tumors, five had malignant gliomas and one had a meningioma. We conclude that epilepsy with onset after age 60 years is more often symptomatic than is epilepsy in younger patients; since seizures were the first sign of a central nervous system (CNS) disease in half of the patients with brain tumors, careful investigation is necessary to reach a correct diagnosis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0013-9580
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
27
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
458-63
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:articleTitle
Etiology of seizures in the elderly.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article