O13: Post-Traumatic Epilepsy-Epidemiology, Pathophysiology and Principles of Treatment

o13: post-traumatic epilepsy-epidemiology, pathophysiology and principles of treatment

traumatic head injury is the underlying cause of approximately 5% of all persons with epilepsy and is the major cause of epilepsies starting in young adulthood. penetrating head injury, particularly among soldiers, carries a risk of almost 50% of developing post-traumatic epilepsy (pte), mostly within 6 months to two years after the trauma. early seizures (within one week of the trauma) are dep...

Post-traumatic Epilepsy: An Overview

Post-traumatic epilepsy is defined by the development of chronic seizures following head trauma. It comprises five percent of the total cases of epilepsy. Use of seat belts and helmets also make this a preventable cause of epilepsy. Multiple theories have been postulated to explain the mechanisms behind the development of post-traumatic epilepsy, including free radical damage caused by blood in...

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P45: The Role of Blood-Brain Barrier Breakdown Following Traumatic Brain in Post-Traumatic Epilepsy

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Post-Traumatic Epilepsy and Brain-Stem Signs

These authors do not mention associated post-traumatic epilepsy. I have seen in recent years three young men who, following a minor head injury, had attacks of altered consciousness, in two frankly epileptic, and on examination there were signs suggesting a lesion in the brain-stem. Case 1, J. G., aged 23, sustained a head injury on 3/12/50, when he slipped in the snow and fell on the back of h...

Post-traumatic epilepsy and the law.