癫(癎)患者认知功能影响因素的研究

目的:研究癫患者认知功能的影响因素。方法:对166例癫患者进行认知评定。认知评定工具:听觉词语测验、逻辑记忆测验、数字符号转换测验、Stoop字色干扰测验、连线测验、言语流畅性测验、Rey-Osterrieth复杂图片测验及Boston命名测验。影响因素与认知功能评分之间采用一元线性相关及多元逐步回归分析。结果:患者年龄、性别、文化程度、起病年龄、病程、发作频率、发作持续时间、全身强直阵挛发作(GTCS)、复杂部分性发作(CPS)及抗癫药物数量与患者的认知功能有相关性。结论:癫患者的起病年龄与其认知损害成正比,病程越长对癫患者的认知损害越明显,原发或继发全身性强直阵挛发作与言语功能损害、复杂部分性发作与言语记忆损害之间的关系密切,用药种类与记忆、注意力以及精神运动能力的损害有关。     

Microsomatoagnosia: whole body schema illusion as part of an epileptic aura

We report a patient who presented with a whole body microsomatoagnosia as part of an epileptic aura. We postulate that this rare phenomenon argues in favor of the existence of a whole body integrative neuronal network which mediates the bodily awareness.     

脑卒中与继发性癫癎

目的:探讨首发脑卒中患者继发性癫癎的发病率、发病时间与脑卒中病变部位的关系。方法:回顾性分析经我院近3年来治疗的659例首发脑卒中住院患者的临床资料。结果:首发脑卒中患者继发癫癎发生率为8.19%(54/659)。癫癎发作与卒中病变部位有关,累及皮层或邻近皮层者易继发癫癎(53.33%,24/45)。54例继发癫癎中68.52%为早发性癫癎(起病后2周内),余31.48%为晚发性癫癎(起病2周以后)。以脑出血继发早发性癫癎为主(81.25%,13/16);脑梗死则易发生晚发性癫癎(60.00%,12/20)。结论:分析首发卒中后癫癎的发病特点有助于指导临床治疗。     

抗癫痫药物不良反应的针灸治疗

采用针灸方法治疗1例癫痫患者,选取可直接调心脑之气的心俞穴,起化痰作用的肝俞、肾俞穴,具有平衡阴阳之气的后藤艮山灸法(取穴:大椎、长强及其中点和中点左右各4cm处共5个穴位,均为非化脓灸),另外采用本神透阳白、阳白透本神的刺法,给上额以交叉刺激。经3个月治疗患者癫痫发作及药物副作用基本得到控制,疗效满意,但其治疗机制尚须深入探讨。     

Epilepsy after operative treatment of ruptured cerebral aneurysms

Summary A retrospective analysis of 183 consecutive patients operated on for ruptured cerebral aneurysms and surviving at least one year revealed appearance of postoperative epilepsy in 14 cases (8 per cent) on an average of 10 months (range 0–23 months) after the operation. Factors associated with the development of secondary epilepsy were localization of the aneurysm on the middle cerebral artery, temporary clipping intraoperatively, wrapping technique to treat the aneurysm, and vasospasm seen on the postoperative control angiogram. Intraoperative and/or postoperative ischaemia seems to be the crucial phenomenon favouring the development of epilepsy. Identification of the risk factors may help to focus the anti-epileptic prophylaxis in cases prone to develop seizures.     

立体定向技术建立大鼠颞叶癫痫模型

目的 探讨立体定向技术在建立大鼠颞叶癫痫模型的实用性及模型长久癫痫敏感性的病理学基础。方法 按公斤体重计算的红藻氨酸剂量，应用立体定向手术一次性注入大鼠的海马组织，于手术后不同的时间段观察大鼠的癫痫发作情况和海马组织的形态学变化。结果 手术后的大鼠在经历“湿狗样抖动”、口唇和头的自运动症、前肢抽搐、后肢抽搐后，进入强直一阵挛性全身发作。以后，每周均有自行发作，发作表现与人类颞叶癫痫发作基本一致。海马神经元的缺失、胶质细胞增生是模型长期癫痫敏感性的基础。结论 立体定向手术建立的大鼠颞叶癫痫模型发作形式、病理学基础与人类的颞叶癫痫基本一致，并且具有长期的癫痫敏感性。同时，应用立体定向技术局部注药，用药量较系统给药明显减少，耗资大大降低，是临床科研中既可靠又经济实用的方法。     

Transient Facial Palsy in Sphenoidal Electrode Placement

Summary: Purpose: Sphenoidal electrode (SE) insertion can cause pain, for which local anesthesia with lidocaine or intravenous administration of fentanyl has been advocated by different epilepsy treatment centers. Transient facial palsies have been observed after SE insertion. Their frequency of occurrence, distribution, and duration have not been well characterized, however. We hypothesized that this complication is due to the effect of local anesthesia on the peripheral branches of the seventh cranial nerve. To test this hypothesis, we compared the incidence and characteristics of facial palsy during SE insertions performed with either local anesthesia or after intravenous fentanyl administration.
Methods: We performed a retrospective study in two patient groups. Group A consisted of 25 patients aged 28 ± 8·2 years who underwent a prolonged video-EEG (VEEG) monitoring study with SE after subcutaneous infusion of 1% lidocaine in the insertion area. Group B included 25 patients aged 30·1 ± 8·9 years whose SE were inserted after intravenous administration of 100-200 μ fentanyl. Blood pressure (BP) was monitored every 3-5 min throughout the procedure.
Results: Five patients (20%) from group A had a transient facial palsy; in 4, it was complete and in 1 it was partial; 1 patient had a bilateral facial palsy. Paresis lasted 1-7 min (mean 3·2 min). In all patients, the recovery was complete. None of the patients in group B had complications (p = 0·025, Fisher's exact test).
Conclusions: Transient facial palsy is a relatively frequent complication of SE insertion when SE are placed under local anesthesia; patients should be forewarned of its possible occurrence.     

Nonepileptic Posttraumatic Seizures

Summary: Purpose: Epileptic posttraumatic seizures (PTSs) are a well-recognized consequence of head injury (HI), but HI and nonepileptic seizures (NESs) have not been related. We describe a significant subset of patients with NESs who had their seizures attributed to HI.
Methods: We reviewed the records of all patients diagnosed with NES at the University of Maryland Medical Center over a 6-year period (1989–1995) and selected patients with seizures attributed to a head injury occurring ≥3 years before the onset of their seizures.
Results: Of 157 patients with video-EEG confirmed NES, 37 (24%) had the onset of their seizures attributed to an HI. Their average age was 34 years (range, 15–56 years); 68% were women. Nonepileptic PTS usually developed within the first year after HI (89%). Convulsive symptoms were present in 54%. Whereas epileptic PTSs characteristically follow severe HI, the majority (78%) of our patients with nonepileptic PTSs sustained only mild HI. Before their HI, 76% of our patients were employed, working in the home, or students, but only 11% could continue those activities after developing nonepileptic PTSs.
Conclusions: Nonepileptic PTSs are frequently mistaken for epileptic PTSs and result in serious disability. The misdiagnosis of nonepileptic PTSs leads to ineffective and inappropriate treatment. Patients with intractable seizures after HIS, articularly mild HIS, should be carefully evaluated for NESs.     

Stereotactically-guided craniotomy for cavernous angiomas presenting with epilepsy

Summary With the wider availability of magnetic resonance imaging cavernous malformations are being recognised with increasing frequency in those patients presenting with intractable epilepsy. Surgical resection is the treatment of choice. However, because these lesions are usually small and may be located in eloquent areas stereotactic resection should be considered. Stereotactically-guided resection of pathologically verified cavernous angiograms was performed in 10 patients in this series presenting with epilepsy (8 males, 2 females, mean age 32 years). Eight patients presented with medically intractable epilepsy (5 complex partial seizures, 3 grand mal seizures). Of the remaining patients one experienced multiple episodes of haemorrhage and the other headaches (with a non-diagnostic scan) both in association with epilepsy. Pre-operative localisation of the motor strip was determined in one case by functional MRI. Following resection of these lesions all patients experienced improved seizure control with a mean follow-up period of 22 months. The mean postoperative hospital stay was 5.1 days with no surgical complications recorded. We conclude that stereotactically-guided resection offers significant advantages in the management of cavernous malformations.Surgical indications for operative resection would include medically refractory epilepsy, repeated haemorrhage and those cases where there is diagnostic uncertainty.     

Surgical Treatment of an Early Epileptic Encephalopathy with Suppression-Bursts and Focal Cortical Dysplasia

Summary: A case of early epileptic encephalopathy (EIEE) with suppression-bursts or Ohtahara's syndrome, associated with focal cortical dysplasia is reported. Infantile spasms and brief tonic unilateral seizures began on the fifth day of life. Interictal EEG demonstrated an asymmetrical "suppression-burst" pattern with no wake or sleep cycling. Seizures were refractory to all antiepileptic drug (AED) and steroid therapy. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) showed right frontotemporal cortical thickening. After three weeks of an ineffective medical treatment a preoperative evaluation with single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and electrocorticography (ECoG) was performed to characterize epileptogenic focus. Surgical resection of the precentral area was performed at age 1 month. Neuropathologic examinations confirmed diagnosis of focal cortical dysplasia by identifying cytoarchitectural disarray and ectopic neurons located deep in subcortical white matter. During follow-up, 1-year postoperative the child had a single febrile seizure. Neurologic examination showed minor developmental delay and slight left-sided weak ness.