PURPOSE: Surgery in frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) has a worse prognosis regarding seizure freedom than anterior lobec-tomy in temporal lobe epilepsy. The current study aimed to assess whether intracranial interictal and ictal EEG findings in addition to clinical and scalp EEG data help to predict outcome in a series of patients who needed invasive recording for FLE surgery. METHODS: Patients with...

Commentary This is the first study to examine the relationship of both recurrent and acute stressors (noncatastrophic) with seizure frequency in a large sample of 153 children and adolescents with epilepsy and their association with life events. The findings demonstrate that seizure frequency increased in about half the children in this sample and is associated with both types of stressors, tha...

OBJECTIVE To determine the prevalence and describe clinical characteristics of seizure disorders and epilepsy as causes of apparent life- threatening event (ALTE) in children admitted at the emergency and followed in a tertiary hospital. METHOD Cross-sectional study with prospective data collection using specific guidelines to determine the etiology of ALTE. RESULTS During the study, 30 (4....

We describe a case of a patient with recurrent syncopal episodes that ultimately was discovered to be due to ictal bradycardia caused by temporal lobe epilepsy. A diagnostic dilemma was presented by a 55-year-old male who had recurrent syncopal events despite having an atrial pacemaker. The patient was noted to have automatisms and was diagnosed via electrocardiogram/electroencephalogram (EEG/E...

Among 1402 patients with intracerebral haemorrhage (ICH), seizures occurred in 64 (4.6%) and epilepsy in 35 (2.5%). Seizure was the first manifestation of ICH in 19 patients (30%). Status epilepticus occurred in 11 patients (17%) and it was the initial presentation of ICH in six (9%). The majority had simple partial seizures that were predominantly focal and motor. There were 38 patients with e...

Intractable epilepsy is a common clinical problem in pediatrics and approximately 13% of children with epilepsy experience intractable seizures. To determine the efficacy of pyridoxine in treating seizures, 30 infants and children with recurrent seizures were enrolled in the present study. All of them were treated with high-dose oral pyridoxine (40 mg/kg/day), as an adjunct to antiepileptic...

  Background : Glenoid bone damages consisting of anterior rim erosion and bony avulsion are very important in decision making for treatment of recurrent dislocation in shoulder joint. This study was aimed to determine the prevalence of these damages in patients with anterior recurrent shoulder dislocation.   Methods : The study was a cross-sectional study evaluating patients with unstable shou...

Case Presentation A 40-year-old woman presented with recurrent syncope. She reported multiple (>20) episodes of non-prodromal loss consciousness, periodically provoked by physical exertion. One episode resulted in a nasal fracture due to the abrupt nature her The characterization each was inconsistent neurogenic seizure. Other causes syncope (vasovagal, situational, carotid hypersensitivity, an...

A previously well young Filipino boy presented with prolonged recurrent left focal to bilateral seizure. He was born of a non-consanguineous marriage, home-delivered vaginally, full term no perinatal complications. had normal growth and developmental milestones until at the age 7 months when he developed febrile status epilepticus. Since then, residual hemiplegia, dysarthria, cognitive delay se...