Seizure Semiology and Neuroimaging Findings in Patients with Midline Spikes
dc.contributor.author | Kutluay, Ekrem | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Passaro, Erasmo A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Gomez-Hassan, Diana M. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Beydoun, Ahmad A. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2010-04-01T14:57:31Z | |
dc.date.available | 2010-04-01T14:57:31Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2001-12 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Kutluay, Ekrem; Passaro, Erasmo A.; Gomez-Hassan, Diana; Beydoun, Ahmad (2001). "Seizure Semiology and Neuroimaging Findings in Patients with Midline Spikes." Epilepsia 42(12): 1563-1568. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/65417> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0013-9580 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1528-1167 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/65417 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=11879367&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Purpose: Midline epileptiform discharges are rare compared with discharges at other scalp locations. Neuroimaging results and semiologic seizure characteristics of patients with midline spikes are not adequately described. The aim of this study was to describe the neuroimaging findings and detailed seizure semiologies in patients with midline spikes. Methods: We reviewed the EEG database of the University of Michigan Medical Center and identified 35 patients with midline spikes. Information about seizure types and neuroimaging results was obtained from a review of medical records. The seizures were classified according to the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) criteria and semiologic classification. Results: Twenty-nine (83%) patients had a history of seizures. Complex partial seizures and simple partial seizures were the most common seizure types, experienced by 66% of patients. The age at seizure onset was within the first 10 years in 90% of patients. According to the semiologic seizure classification, automotor seizures and tonic seizures were the most common seizure types. Neuroimaging studies were abnormal in 45% of patients. When focal abnormalities were detected, they were lateralized to one of the frontal lobes in all cases. Conclusions: Our results indicate that in the majority of patients, midline spikes represent focal epileptiform activity rather than fragments of generalized discharges, and are most commonly associated with seizures of partial onset. Automotor seizures and tonic seizures are the most common semiologies. Focal radiologic abnormalities tend to be lateralized to one of the frontal lobes. | en_US |
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dc.publisher | Blackwell Science Inc | en_US |
dc.rights | International League Against Epilepsy | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Midline Spikes | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Semiologic Seizure Classification | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Neuroimaging | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Frontal Lobe | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Tonic Seizures | en_US |
dc.title | Seizure Semiology and Neuroimaging Findings in Patients with Midline Spikes | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.rights.robots | IndexNoFollow | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Medicine (General) | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | † Neuroradiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.A. | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | * Departments of Neurology and | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 11879367 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/65417/1/j.1528-1157.2001.16401.x.pdf | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1046/j.1528-1157.2001.16401.x | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Epilepsia | en_US |
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