Posttravmatik epilepsi

Öz

Bu çalışmada, Adli Tıp Kurumu’nda incelenen kafa travması olgularının post travmatik epilepsi açısından retrospektif değerlendirmesi yapılmıştır, incelenen 938 olgunun %1,2’sinde erken post travmatik epilepsi, %3,4’ünde ise geç post travmatik epilepsi saptanmıştır. Epilepsi saptanan olguların travma sonucu gelişen patoloji ve nöbet tipi dikkate alınarak dökümü yapılmıştır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Kurşunsuz kafa yaralanmaları
• Erken posttravmatik epilepsi
• Geç post-travmatik epilepsi

Post-traumatic epilepsy

Öz

A retrospective study of the medical records of non-missile head injury cases taken from the files of the Council of Forensic Medicine of Turkey was made. Of the 938 cases which were investigated, 1.2% had early post-traumatic epilepsy PTE , and 3.4% had late PTE. Most of the cases with both early and late PTE had depressed skull fractures. Focal motor seizures were observed in 45.4% of the early PTE group and generalized seizures in 50% of the late PTE patients.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Non-missile head injuries
• Early post-traumatic epilepsy
• Late post-traumatic epilepsy

Kaynakça

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