title: Seizures provoked by blows to the head.
abstract: The nonepileptic nature of convulsions occurring within seconds of head injury has been commented on. However, we have recently seen a patient in whom relatively trivial blows to the head did seem to give rise to epileptic seizures.
authors.affiliation: The University Department of Neurological Science, The Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool, England.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Clear
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Chadwick
mesh_terms: D016080:Arachnoid Cysts / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications*; D004739:England; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000209:etiology*; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000473:pathology; D012916:Soccer / Q000293:injuries; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed