Epilepsy and other convulsive disorders in Saudi Arabia: a prospective study of 1,000 consecutive cases

Acta Neurologica Scandinavica
S al-RajehH Ismail

Abstract

The pattern of epilepsy and other convulsive disorders in 1,000 consecutive Saudi nationals is described. These disorders were common with a hospital frequency rate of 8 per 1,000. Men were more frequently affected than women and 60% of the patients were under 10 years old at the onset of their illness. The epilepsies were the commonest type (74%). Febrile convulsions (20%) presented mainly between the ages of one and five years. Isolated seizures (3%) and acute symptomatic convulsions (3%) were uncommon. In the epileptic group, generalised seizures (71%) were more frequent than partial (29%) and complex partial seizures occurred mainly in those above 21 years old. Absences (4%), infantile spasms (3%) and atonic seizures (3%) were uncommon. No specific etiology of the epilepsy was determined in the majority of the cases (63%). The identified major etiologic factors of the epilepsies were perinatal encephalopathy (21%), cerebral trauma (11%), sequelae of meningitis or encephalitis (2%), brain tumors (0.5%), and vascular lesions such as stroke and arteriovenous malformation. Perinatal encephalopathy accounted for 40% of the epilepsies in children less than 5 years old, and trauma for 20% of those above 20 years old. A family hist...Continue Reading

References

Jan 1, 1970·Acta Paediatrica Scandinavica. Supplement·L Lier, B Zachau-Christiansen

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Citations

Dec 12, 2018·The Egyptian Journal of Neurology, Psychiatry and Neurosurgery·Wafaa M FarghalyNermin A Hamdy
Sep 9, 2008·Epilepsia·Jagaralapudi Murali K Murthy, Sudesh Prabhakar
Nov 17, 2020·Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives·Lukman Femi OwolabiMushabab AlGhamdi
Feb 20, 2021·Journal of Taibah University Medical Sciences·Lukman F OwolabiMushabab AlGhamdi

❮ Previous
Next ❯

Related Concepts

Related Feeds

Absence Epilepsy

Absence epilepsy is a common seizure disorder in children which can produce chronic psychosocial sequelae. Discover the latest research on absence epilepsies here.