REFRACTORY COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURES Clinical, Radiological, Electroencephalographic, And Neuropsychological Study

Abstract

This study carried out on patients attending the Outpatients' Clinics and The Inpatients wards ' of Neuropsychiatry Department-Tanta University Hospitals. One fundredepileptic patients sufferingfrom CPS witf andwithout secondary gener• alization, selectedaccording to the electro-clinicalcriteria oftfe ICE 1989. They were divided into two main groups: Refractory CPS group: composed of 60 patients. Controlled CPS group: composed of 40 patients. Each ofthe a6ove two groups dividedintofour main subgroups: Refractory CPS group: Refractory right and left frontal groups: each one composed of 15 patients. Refractory right and left temporal groups: each one composed of 15 patients. Controlled CPS group: Controlled right and left frontal groups. each one composed of 10 patients. Controlled right and left temporal groups. each one composed of 10 patients. The patients were subjectedto: 1. Clinical study: include I. Complete history taking according to the enclosed sheet from a reli• able witness or for recording the clinical semiology of seizures. II. Complete neurological examination: This proved that none of the patients suffering from neurological deficit. 2. Radiological study: MRI of the brain, using the followingprotocol: 1. MRI was performed on 0.5 Tesla scanner using an epilepsy protocol.