An aggressive seizure and behavioural disorder following trivial head injury
نویسندگان
چکیده
We report on a normal 6-year-old boy in whom a trivial head injury triggered a severe seizure, behavioural and cognitive disorder. Complete recovery occurred within 6 months. An aetiology such as trivial head injury is significant for prognosis as the outcome is invariably excellent.
منابع مشابه
Post-traumatic epilepsy and recovery of function from experimental brain damage: A review
The incidence of post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE), that is, persistent seizure activity following significant head trauma, varies with the type and severity of the head injury, i.e. depressed skull fractures, haematomas, and penetrating head injuries. Many other factors also appear to determine the risks for developing PTE, such as the length of time for which a person is unconscious following the...
متن کاملNeuronal injury and death following focal mild brain injury: The role of network excitability and seizure
Objective(s): While traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a predisposing factor for development of post-traumatic epilepsy (PTE), the occurrence of seizures following brain trauma can infuriate adverse consequences of brain injury. However, the effect of seizures in epileptogenesis after mild TBI cannot yet be accurately confirmed. This study was designed to investigate the ...
متن کاملThe Effectiveness of Mothers’ Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy on Externalizing Disorder of Aggressive Children.
Background: Many children’s physical, e.g, cognitive, behavioural and emotional disorders are caused by mothers’ emotional disturbances. These mothers show weakness in playing the parental role, i.e, which will lead to an increase in behavioral disorders in the child. The aim of the research was to effectiveness of Mothers’ Mindfulness-based Cognitive therapy on externalizing disorder of aggres...
متن کاملHead computed tomography scans in trauma patients with seizure disorder: justifying routine use.
HYPOTHESES A majority of trauma patients with known seizure disorder with seizure activity were noncompliant with their medications, normal neurologic examination findings would predict negative results of head computed tomography (CT) scans, and the yield of CT scans would be insufficient to justify their routine use. DESIGN Retrospective consecutive case series. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Bloo...
متن کاملClosed head injury resulting in paradoxical improvement of a seizure disorder
People with epilepsy are prone to head injuries and these traumas are usually considered adverse events. We report the case of a 31-year-old woman who sustained a closed head injury as a result of a seizure. This accidental trauma resulted in a 1-year remission of her previously intractable complex partial seizures. The paradoxical improvement of a seizure disorder can occur as a result of a cl...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
برای دانلود متن کامل این مقاله و بیش از 32 میلیون مقاله دیگر ابتدا ثبت نام کنید
ثبت ناماگر عضو سایت هستید لطفا وارد حساب کاربری خود شوید
ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Seizure
دوره 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1997