title: [Non-convulsive paroxysmal disorders in exogenous-organic diseases of the brain].
abstract: Examination of 273 patients with exogenous-organic diseases of the brain revealed nonconvulsive paroxysmal disorders of traumatic, toxic, infectious, radioactive and combined origin in 112 cases (41.0%). Such disorders were characterised by pronounced polymorphism and presented with viscero-vegetative (36.6%), affective (27.7%), psychosensory (19.6%), sensory (15.2%), ideatoric (11.6%) paroxysms as well as with twilight states of consciousness (16.1%), absence seizures (10.7%), narcolepsy (2.7%), catalepcy (1.8%) and the states of "déjà vu" and "jamais vu" (5.4%). In most of the patients such paroxysms were found 5 or more years after exogenous influences, i.e. when the severity of the organic brain damage increased. A resemblance of nonconvulsive paroxysms was observed in the patients with different etiology of the disease. The disorders were seldom detected in routine medical practice which may cause in adequate therapy.
authors.forename: B N
authors.initials: BN
authors.lastname: Piven'
authors.forename: O P
authors.initials: OP
authors.lastname: Koveva
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism*; D002940:Circadian Rhythm / Q000502:physiology; D003244:Consciousness Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004832:Epilepsy, Absence / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019964:Mood Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D010468:Perceptual Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*