Transient epileptic amnesia: clinical report of a cohort of patients.
Transient epileptic amnesia is a seizure disorder, usually with onset in the middle-elderly and good response to low dosages of antiepileptic drugs. We describe the clinical, electroencephalography (EEG), and neuroimaging features of 11 patients with a temporal lobe epilepsy characterized by amnesic seizures as the sole or the main symptom. We outline the relevance of a detailed clinical history to recognize amnesic seizures and to avoid the more frequent misdiagnoses. Moreover, the response to monotherapy was usually good, although the epileptic disorder was symptomatic of acquired lesions in the majority of patients.
Leonardo
L
Lapenta
Valerio
V
Brunetti
Anna
A
Losurdo
Elisa
E
Testani
Nadia Mariagrazia
NM
Giannantoni
Davide
D
Quaranta
Vincenzo
V
Di Lazzaro
Giacomo
G
Della Marca
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D020236:Amnesia, Transient Global / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000008:administration & dosage; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005071:Evoked Potentials / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory; D012815:Signal Processing, Computer-Assisted; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology
D000927:Anticonvulsants