Open AccessPost stroke late onset Non-convulsive status epilepticus: analysis of 9 cases
Author(s) -
Eylem Özaydın Göksu,
Fatma Genç,
Nesrin Atis,
Abidin Erdal,
Elif Sarıönder Gençer,
Yasemin Bıçer Gömceli
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
türk beyin damar hastalıkları dergisi/türk beyin damar hastalıkları dergisi
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2146-9113
pISSN - 1301-1375
DOI - 10.5505/tbdhd.2016.31932
Subject(s) - status epilepticus , medicine , stroke (engine) , epilepsy , anesthesia , pediatrics , psychiatry , physics , thermodynamics
Non-convulsive status epilepticus is a condition that needs timely diagnosis and treatment with insignificant clinical features and high risk of misdiagnosis. We aimed to reveal late onset NCSE in patients with stroke where stroke plays a role in the etiology.\udMETHODS: We conducted a retrospective analysis of patients who presented to our outpatient stroke clinic between January 2013 to January 2016. A week after the stroke, patients were defined as late onset NCSE. A total of 9 patients were included. Demographic properties, stroke etiology, imaging modality, EEG findings, stroke severity according to NIHSS score, functional disability, modified Rankin Scale were recorded for all patients. \udRESULTS: A total of 9 patients were included. The mean age of the study population was 70,5± 9,6 years. There were 8 (88,9%) females, and 1 male. Eight of nine patients had middle cerebral artery, 1 patient had posterior cerebral artery infarct. While 5 patients had cardioembolic stroke, 4 patients had cryptogenic stroke. \udDISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION: The late onset NCSE after ischemic stroke is not a rare entity. NCSE should be kept in the differential diagnosis of apathy patients with older age and large stroke