Late seizures in patients with internal carotid and middle cerebral artery occlusive disease following ischaemic events.
The occurrence of post-infarction epilepsy was investigated in 68 patients with angiographically proven internal carotid artery occlusion and in 56 patients with middle cerebral artery occlusion. Epileptic seizures occurred during follow-up in 9% of the carotid artery group and in 21.4% of the middle cerebral artery group. The different incidence of seizures in the two groups was statistically significant. The physiopathological mechanism of the late post-infarction epilepsy is discussed.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000150:complications*; D002340:Carotid Artery Diseases / Q000150:complications*; D002343:Carotid Artery, Internal; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications*; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000209:etiology; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged