Etiology and patterns of seizures in the elderly.
67 consecutive, unselected patients with seizure onset after the age of 60 were studied prospectively in a general hospital with only neurosciences facilities for a population of 500,000. Investigations in most cases included CT scan of the brain and EEG. Etiology could be determined in 44 (66%): tumor- 16 (22%), stroke - 15 (22%) and miscellaneous - 13 (20%). Seizures were partial in 45 (67%) and generalized from onset in 22 (33%). Seizures were exclusively nocturnal in 8 of 23 (35%) cases with unknown etiology.
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Section of Neurology, University Hospital, Saskatoon, Sask., Canada.
D000368:Aged; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011446:Prospective Studies; D012640:Seizures / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed