Prognosis of epilepsy associated with single CT enhancing lesion: A long term follow up study

This is a retrospective analysis to study the long term prognosis of epilepsy associated with single CT enhancing lesion (SCTEL). Follow up CT scan showed resolution of the lesion in all of the 102 patients. Seizures did not recur in 64 (63%) patients after starting antiepileptic drugs. Twenty eight...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of the neurological sciences 1998-08, Vol.159 (2), p.151-155
Hauptverfasser: Murthy, J.M.K, Subba Reddy, Y.V
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:This is a retrospective analysis to study the long term prognosis of epilepsy associated with single CT enhancing lesion (SCTEL). Follow up CT scan showed resolution of the lesion in all of the 102 patients. Seizures did not recur in 64 (63%) patients after starting antiepileptic drugs. Twenty eight (27.5%) patients had recurrence of seizures for a median period of 2 months before remission was achieved. In the remaining ten (10%) patients seizures remitted only after albendazole therapy and the median period of seizure recurrence was 8 months. Sixteen (42%) of the 38 patients who had recurrence of seizures had type B CT lesion (ring lesion with central enhancing area, probably scolex) ( P
ISSN:0022-510X
1878-5883
DOI:10.1016/S0022-510X(98)00156-7