Non-epileptic manifestations in patients with single enhancing computed tomography lesions.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES AND METHODS:
Single enhancing lesions are common computed tomographic (CT) abnormality in patients with epilepsy. In this series we are reporting 13 unusual cases with varied non-epileptic neurological manifestations in patients with ring or disk enhancing CT lesions.RESULTS:
Acute, stroke like non-vascular focal neurological deficits (hemiparesis in four patients, and crural monoparesis, Broca's aphasia, homonymous hemianopia, hemichorea in one patient each) were frequent non-epileptic manifestations. Episodic vascular type of headache was seen in three patients, one patient had headache because of raised intracranial pressure. One patient presented with acute confusional state. All these patients were treated symptomatically, and with oral corticosteroids. CT lesions disappeared in 8-12 weeks time in all patients except in one patient with chorea where the lesion calcified. Significant clinical improvements were noted in all the patients.CONCLUSIONS:
Several non-epileptic manifestations can also be associated with single enhancing CT lesions, and like epileptic disorders these disorders also have a benign course. Corticosteroids, probably, hasten the clinical improvement and produce early resolution of the CT lesions.
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Encéfalo
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Encefalopatias
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Idoso
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
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Tomografia Computadorizada por Raios X
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Criança
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Seguimentos
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Adolescente
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
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Estudo observacional
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Estudo prognóstico
Idioma:
Inglês
Ano de publicação:
2000
Tipo de documento:
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