title: Association of intracerebral bone fragments and epilepsy in missile head injuries.
abstract: Twenty young adults sustained missile injuries in the Lebanese war. They underwent repeated clinical electroencephalographical (EEG), computerised tomography scanning (CT-scan) and polysomnographic (PSG) examinations during a 6-year period. All the patients were young adult males with an average age of 23, previously healthy according to their army profiles. Three of 20 developed between 3 to 14 months following injury generalised tonic-clonic convulsions. The unique common epileptogenic feature characterising the 3 epileptics was the presence of bone fragments in lacerated brain tissue. The possible causal relationship between the presence of the bone fragments and epileptogenesis is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Neurological Department, Sackler Medical School, Tel-Aviv University, Israel.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Askenasy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001753:Blast Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000150:complications*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004834:Epilepsy, Post-Traumatic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005389:Firearms; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012887:Skull Fractures / Q000150:complications*; D012890:Sleep