What is remote symptomatic epilepsy?
A remote symptomatic seizure is a seizure that occurs longer than 1 week following a disorder that is known to increase the risk of developing epilepsy. The seizure may occur a long time after the disorder. These disorders may produce static or progressive brain lesions.
What is epilepsy according to Ilae?
In accordance with the ILAE 2005 definition, epilepsy is “a disorder of the brain characterized by an enduring predisposition to generate epileptic seizures and by the neurobiologic, cognitive, psychological, and social consequences of this condition”.
What are the classifications of epilepsy?
Epilepsy is classified into four main types in this revised classification: 1) focal; 2) generalized; 3) combined generalized and focal; 4) unknown. The group of combined generalized and focal epilepsy is a new terminology introduced in the type of epilepsy.
What is the difference between idiopathic and symptomatic epilepsy?
The idiopathic epilepsies are thought to be genetically determined and are usually associated with particular clini- cal characteristic and specific electroencephalography (EEG) findings (26). Symptomatic epilepsies are acquired condi- tions and are usually associated with a structural abnormal- ity of the brain.
What is an acute symptomatic seizure?
Results: An acute symptomatic seizure is defined as a clinical seizure occurring at the time of a systemic insult or in close temporal association with a documented brain insult.
What is acute symptomatic seizure?
What is definition of status epilepticus?
A seizure that lasts longer than 5 minutes, or having more than 1 seizure within a 5 minutes period, without returning to a normal level of consciousness between episodes is called status epilepticus. This is a medical emergency that may lead to permanent brain damage or death.
In what year did the International League Against Epilepsy Ilae introduce a new method to group seizures together?
In 1981 the General Assembly in Kyoto accepted the proposal for a “Revised clinical and electroencephalographic classification of epileptic seizures”55.