CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND DIAGNOSIS OF SOMATOSENSORY AURAS IN PATIENTS WITH EPILEPSY
Abstract
This article provides a detailed description of clinical presentations of different types of somatosensory auras, that is, the different types of numbness or paresthesia sensations, as well as of rarely seen somatosensory delusional perceptions. The objective of this article is to provide a detailed clinico-electroencephalographic and neurovisual analysis of a group of patients experiencing somatosensory auras. Test group included 15 patients (М-11, F-4, average age – 13 ± 8 years) with etiologically different forms of partial epilepsy, i.e., the idiopathic, symptomatic or cryptogenic epilepsy. It was established that in these patients the interictal epileptic pathological EEG activity was significantly more often registered in the central temporal or parietal lobe but significantly less frequently in the temporal lobe in its own right. In 47% of cases changes on MRT correlated with clinical presentations of epilepsy and pathological changes on EEG. The authors compare the results obtained with previously published ones. The article contains conclusions and recommendations that are helpful in daily medical practice.
About the Authors
М. R. Kremenchugskaya
Saint Luke’s institute of pediatric neurology and epilepsy, Moscow; Federal state-funded institution “Scientific center of children’s health” of RAMS, Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Е. I. Barletova
Saint Luke’s institute of pediatric neurology and epilepsy, Moscow; Federal state-funded educational institution named after N.I. Pirogov, Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
K. Yu. Mukhin
Saint Luke’s institute of pediatric neurology and epilepsy, Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
L. Yu. Glukhova
Saint Luke’s institute of pediatric neurology and epilepsy, Moscow; Federal state-funded educational institution named after N.I. Pirogov, Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
V. А. Chadaev
Saint Luke’s institute of pediatric neurology and epilepsy, Moscow; Federal state-funded educational institution named after N.I. Pirogov, Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
М. А. Nikitina
Saint Luke’s institute of pediatric neurology and epilepsy, Moscow
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
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Kremenchugskaya М.R., Barletova Е.I., Mukhin K.Yu., Glukhova L.Yu., Chadaev V.А., Nikitina М.А. CLINICAL PRESENTATION AND DIAGNOSIS OF SOMATOSENSORY AURAS IN PATIENTS WITH EPILEPSY. Epilepsy and paroxysmal conditions. 2012;4(3):29-33. (In Russ.)
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