Epilepsy with onset at over 50 years of age: clinical and electroencephalographic characteristics
Epilepsy in older individuals has an elevated incidence. The objective of the present work was to evaluate the clinical, EEG and brain imaging aspects in patients showing late-onset epilepsy. Fifty-five patients with late-onset epilepsy (older than 50 years) were evaluated. They were composed of two...
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| author | Glória Maria Almeida Souza Tedrus Lineu Corrêa Fonseca Elizardo Nogueira Junior Daniele Pazetto |
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| description | Epilepsy in older individuals has an elevated incidence. The objective of the present work was to evaluate the clinical, EEG and brain imaging aspects in patients showing late-onset epilepsy. Fifty-five patients with late-onset epilepsy (older than 50 years) were evaluated. They were composed of two groups according to the onset age of the epilepsy seizure (ES): 51-60 (G51-60) and over 60 (G60+) years. Focal ES predominated although they were less frequent in G60+. The occurrence of status epilepticus was high and more frequent in G60+ whereas seizures in series predominated in G51-60. Symptomatic epilepsy was more frequent and the vascular etiology predominated. Epileptiform activity was associated with a greater number of ES, and background activity abnormalities were more frequent in G60+. In conclusion, epilepsy with onset at over 50 was predominantly focal and symptomatic, with a high occurrence of status epilepticus and of seizures in series. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0c2db3f42b9b46819c2a7dc841760a8a2025-08-20T03:17:13ZengThieme Revinter PublicaçõesArquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria1678-42272012-10-01701078078510.1590/S0004-282X2012001000006S0004-282X2012001000006Epilepsy with onset at over 50 years of age: clinical and electroencephalographic characteristicsGlória Maria Almeida Souza Tedrus0Lineu Corrêa Fonseca1Elizardo Nogueira Junior2Daniele Pazetto3Pontifícia Universidade Católica de CampinasPontifícia Universidade Católica de CampinasPontifícia Universidade Católica de CampinasPontifícia Universidade Católica de CampinasEpilepsy in older individuals has an elevated incidence. The objective of the present work was to evaluate the clinical, EEG and brain imaging aspects in patients showing late-onset epilepsy. Fifty-five patients with late-onset epilepsy (older than 50 years) were evaluated. They were composed of two groups according to the onset age of the epilepsy seizure (ES): 51-60 (G51-60) and over 60 (G60+) years. Focal ES predominated although they were less frequent in G60+. The occurrence of status epilepticus was high and more frequent in G60+ whereas seizures in series predominated in G51-60. Symptomatic epilepsy was more frequent and the vascular etiology predominated. Epileptiform activity was associated with a greater number of ES, and background activity abnormalities were more frequent in G60+. In conclusion, epilepsy with onset at over 50 was predominantly focal and symptomatic, with a high occurrence of status epilepticus and of seizures in series.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X2012001000006&lng=en&tlng=enepilepsiaidosocrises epilépticaseletroencefalografia |
| spellingShingle | Glória Maria Almeida Souza Tedrus Lineu Corrêa Fonseca Elizardo Nogueira Junior Daniele Pazetto Epilepsy with onset at over 50 years of age: clinical and electroencephalographic characteristics Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria epilepsia idoso crises epilépticas eletroencefalografia |
| title | Epilepsy with onset at over 50 years of age: clinical and electroencephalographic characteristics |
| title_full | Epilepsy with onset at over 50 years of age: clinical and electroencephalographic characteristics |
| title_fullStr | Epilepsy with onset at over 50 years of age: clinical and electroencephalographic characteristics |
| title_full_unstemmed | Epilepsy with onset at over 50 years of age: clinical and electroencephalographic characteristics |
| title_short | Epilepsy with onset at over 50 years of age: clinical and electroencephalographic characteristics |
| title_sort | epilepsy with onset at over 50 years of age clinical and electroencephalographic characteristics |
| topic | epilepsia idoso crises epilépticas eletroencefalografia |
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