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Computerized Transverse Axial Tomography in Epilepsy*
Abstract
SUMMARY: Computerized transverse axial tomography (CTAT) of the brain has been used routinely, as well as the EEG, to study patients with epilepsy. In patients with the various electro‐clinical types of epilepsy — primary, secondary, and partial — it gave accurate information about the frequency, topography, and severity of morphological abnormalities. In the various types of organic lesion — tumor, posttraumatic, postischemic, postinfectious, etc. — it markedly increased the ability to establish etiology. Especially notable was the finding of (1) tumor in 16% of patients over 20 years of age, and (2) the determination of a type of pathology that has received little attention — postischemic occipital porencephaly probably due to occlusion of the posterior cerebral artery, either at birth or in early infancy. RÉSUMÉ: La tomographie axiale commandée ordinateur (TACOgraphie) du cerveau a été utilisee, ainsi que l'E.E.G., pour étudier 500 malades épileptiques. Cette Nouvelle méthode donne des informations exactes sur la nature, le siège et l'importance des lesions cérébrales qui sont observées dans 63% des cas lorsqu'il s'agit d'une épilepsie partielle, dans 61% des cas lorsqu'il s'agit d'une épilepsie généralisée secondaire et dans 10% des cas seulement lorsqu'il s'agit d'une épilepsie généralisée primaire. La tacographie cérébrale facilite done considérablement le diagnostic étiologique des épilepsies. Elle met en évidence une étiologie tumorale chez 11% des épileptiques de tous âgés et chez 16% de ceux qui sont âgés de plus de 20 ans. Elle permet de découvrir des étiologies jusque là méconnues, par exemple une porencéphalie occipitale post‐isché‐mique chez des enfants hémiplégiques et/ou hémianopsiques souffrant d'une épilepsie partielle. ZUSAMMENFASSUNG: Die computergesteuerte transversale axiale Tomographic (CTAT) des Gehirns wurde zu Untersuchungen von Patienten mit Epilepsie routinemässig wie das EEG eingesetzt. Bei Patienten mit den verschiedenen elektro‐klinischen Typen der Epilepsie — primäre, sekundäre, partielle — lieferte die Methode genaue Information über die Frequenz, Legalisation und Schwere morphologischer Abnormitäten. Sie erhöhte die Möglichkeit einer ätiologischen Klärung bei verschiedenen Arten organischer Läsionen: tumorös, posttraumatisch, post‐ischämisch, postinfektiös usw. Besonders erwähnt werden sollen folgende Befunde: (1) Tumoren bei 16% der Patienten, die älter als 20 Jahre waren, (2) die postischämische occipitale Porencephalic wahrscheinlich als Folge eines Verschlusses der A. cerebri posterior bei Geburt und in der frühen Kindheit, ein pathologischer Mechanismus, der bisher wenig Aufmerksamkeit gefunden hat.
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- Authors
- Gastaut, H., & Gastaut, J. L.
- Venue
- Epilepsia
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 1976-09
- Volume
- 17
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 325-336
- ISSN
- 0013-9580 (ISSN-L)
- 1528-1167
- OpenAlex
- W2023105465
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- 170
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 11.33
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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