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Medical Case Studies
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Medical Case Studies
Epileptic seizures
Epilepsy
Epilepsy (from the Ancient Greek ἐπιληψία — "seizure") is a common chronic neurological disorder characterized by seizures. These seizures are transient signs and/or symptoms of abnormal, excessive or hypersynchronous neuronal activity in the brain. About 50 million people worldwide have epilepsy, and nearly two out of every three new cases are discovered in developing countries. Epilepsy is more likely to occur in young children, or people over the age of 65 years; however, it can occur to anyone at any time. As a consequence of brain surgery, epileptic seizures may occur in recovering patients...
Epileptic seizures - List of case studies
- Metastatic Heteroplasia of the Lung
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70-year-old male underwent epileptic seizures. A brain CAT scan showed a space occupying lesion with surrounding ...
- List of Symptoms
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Enlarged spleen Enuresis Epigastric pain Epileptic seizures Episodes of diffuse headache of short duration Erectile ...
- Anaplastic Astrocytoma in the left temporal lobe
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the patient and his wife denied episodes of even partial epileptic seizures or moments of loss of contact and episodes of paroxysmal aphasia. ...
- Glioblastoma of the right temporal occipital region
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A 61 year old male who presented with an epileptic episode was evaluated. A temporo-parietal-occipito mass was detected ... 61 years old, male. Following the onset of epileptic seizures , medical tests were performed, resulting in an expansive cerebral ...