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8215194

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3 Suppl
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-11-16
pubmed:abstractText
Eighty patients had Computed Tomography (CT) performed for evaluation of epileptic seizures. Abnormal scans were found in 37 of the 80 patients (46.3%). Focal CT abnormalities were seen in 26 of the 80 patients (32.5%). Tumors were present in four and arteriovenous malformation (AVM) in three. Simple partial motor seizures were most strongly correlated with abnormal scans (five, 45.4%). Nineteen out of 21 patients with focal electro-encephalographic (EEG) abnormalities had focal CT abnormality compared to one out of 15 of those with generalised abnormality. 88.9% of patients with hemiplegia had abnormal scans. Whilst focal EEG abnormalities and abnormal neurologic signs pointed to a higher likelihood of CT abnormality, two subjects who were shown to have vascular malformations had normal EEG and neurologic exams. Routine CT scanning for evaluation of patients with recurrent seizures is advocated.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0304-4602
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
22
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
431-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Computed tomography in patients with recurrent seizures.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Neurology, Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Singapore.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article