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Epilepsy and Seizures
Clinical Correlation
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Epilepsy and Seizures
• Definition of seizures and epilepsy
• Epidemiology
• Classification of seizures
• Examples– Focal motor seizures– Complex partial seizures
• Temporal lobe epilepsy and frontal lobe epilepsy
– Generalized seizures
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What are Seizures?
• Clinical Definition of Seizures– “Paroxysmal episodes of brain dysfunction
manifested by stereotyped alteration in behavior”
• Clinical manifestations of a seizure based on anatomy of the brain that is seizing
– Symptoms: sensory, motor, autonomic with or without loss of consciousness
– Epilepsy is recurrent and unprovoked seizures
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What are Seizures?• Cellular Definition
– Excessive or oversynchronized discharges of cortical neurons
– Primarily grey matter!!!!!!
– Ineffective recruitment of inhibitory neurons together with excessive neuronal excitation
– GABA receptor mediates inhibition responsible for normal termination of a seizure.
– NMDA (Glutamate) receptor activation required for propagation of seizure activity
SeizureNMDA RcptrActivation
Reduced GABAaRcptr function
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Epidemiology
• Approximately 1% population (3 million epilepsy cases in US).
• Second most common neurological disease
• Comparable prevalence in men vs. women
Begley CE et al. Epilepsia 2000;41:342-351MMWR Weekly. November 11, 1994/43(44);810-811,817-818Sander JW. Cur Opin neurol 2003;16:165-170
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Seizure Terms
• Ictal=seizure• Post Ictal=after the seizure• Aura=sensation seconds
before seizure occurs• Automatisms=nonsensical
movements that pts do during a seizure.
• Convulsions=shake• Tonic=posturing• Clonic=repetitive, forceful
rhythmic movements
• Complex=lose consciousness• Simple=don’t lose consciousness• Partial=involving part of the
brain• Generalized=involving whole
brain• Grand mal and petite mal=“street
terms” for convulsive and non-convulsive seizure respectively
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Classification of Seizure TypesFocal Vs Generalized
• Partial Seizures– Simple Partial Seizures
• Motor• Somatosensory• Autonomic• Psychological
– Complex Partial Seizures• Simple partial with impaired
consciousness
– Partial Seizures with generalization
• Generalized Seizures– Absence seizures– Tonic seizures– Clonic seizures– Tonic-Clonic seizures– Atonic seizures– Myoclonic seizures
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Classification of Seizures• Partial Seizures (focal onset)
– Simple Partial Seizure (without impaired consciousness) • Motor Symptoms (aka focal motor seizure)
– Involves motor strip.
– Patients will have abnml movements of an extremity.
– Jacksonian March-spread or “march” of seizure over whole motor
– Todd’s paralysis-post ictal weakness of extremity that was seizing
• Somatosensory symptoms– Involves sensory strip, temporal lobe (hearing and smell), occip (visual)
• Autonomic symptoms– Involves temporal lobe (tachycardia, pallor, flushing, sweating)
• Psychological symptoms– Involve frontal or temporal lobe (limbic system). Pts appear agitated
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Partial SeizuresHomunculus
Neurology and Neurosurgery Illustrated. Lindsay, Kenneth, Bone Ian, 3rd edition. Churchill Livingstone, 1999.London
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Classification of Seizures
• Partial Seizures– Complex Partial Seizures (loss of consciousness)
• Simple partial onset followed by impaired consciousness• Many times will progress to a generalized seizure• Frequently seen in adult onset epilepsy • Temporal lobe epilepsy usually involves complex partial seizures
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Classification of Seizures
• Generalized Seizures (diffuse onset)– Always with loss of consciousness– Can be with convulsive or nonconvulsive movements– Types:
• Absence seizures• Clonic seizures• Tonic seizures• Tonic Clonic seizures• Myoclonic seizures (rapid jerks)• Atonic seizures (drop attacks)
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Generalized Seizures
• Consciousness– 2 Systems Involved
• Both Cerebral Hemispheres
• Reticular Activating System
– various neurotransmitters
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Classification of Seizures
• Unclassified Seizures….– Pseudoseizures-Are clinical manifestations
anatomically impossible?• Can be conversion or malingering
– Many pts have history of abuse
• Commonly seen when observers around• Episodes involve “disorganized” movements that
are not clearly tonic-clonic– Pelvic thrusting– Violent behavior directed towards certain people
• VideoEEG can be helpful in diagnosing
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Etiology for Seizures
• Pediatric Etiology– Genetic– Congenital
malformations– Infection– Tumor– Metabolic
Disorders– Idiopathic
• Adult Etiology – Tumor– Trauma – Vascular– Infection– Occult cortical
dysplasias– Idiopathic
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Seizure Phenotypesthink of anatomy!!
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Cortex
Frontal EyeField
Brocas’s Speech Area
Primary Auditory Cortex
Sylvian Fissure
Wernicke’s Speech
Primary VisualCortex
Visual Assoc.Cortex
Central Sulcus
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Frontal Lobe
• Frontal Eye Field (Brodman’s 8)– Lesion: deviation of eyes to ipsilateral side– Sz: overstimulation->eyes to contralateral side
• Prefrontal Cortex (Brodman’s 9-12,46,47)– Lesion: deficits in concentration, judgment and behavior– Sz: agitation, odd behavior
• Broca’s Speech Area (Brodman’s 44,45)– Lesion/Sz: expressive nonfluent aphasias
• Primary Motor Cortex (Brodman’s 4)– Lesion: contralateral spastic paresis– Sz: contralateral posturing/convulsions
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Temporal Lobe• Hippocampal Cortex
– Bilateral lesions: inability to process short term to long term memory– Sz: chronic seizures lead to deficits in short term memory
• Wernicke’s Speech area (Brodman’s 22)– Lesion/Sz: loss of receptive speech, fluent aphasia
• Anterior Temporal Lobe – Bilateral lesions: “Kluver-Bucy syndrome” of visual agnosia, oral
tendencies, hyperphagia, hypersexuality, docility– Sz: pts “freeze” and might have oral automatisms
• Primary Auditory (Brodman’s 41, 42)– Bilateral lesion: cortical deafness– Sz: auditory hallucinations
• Olfactory Bulb (Brodman’s 34)– Lesion: ipsilateral anosmia– Sz: olfactory and gustatory hallucinations
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Limbic System
• Means “border” in Latin– Border between cortex and
hypothalamus– Involved with emotional
behavior• Fear/anger/sexual behavior• Short term memory
– Includes:• Hippocampus• Fornix• Mammilary bodies• Ant. Nucleus thalamus• Cingulate cortex
– Seizures involving the hippocampus can have clinical symptoms of poor short term memory and abnormal mood
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Parietal and Occipital Lobe
• Primary Sensory Cortex (Brodman’s 3,1,2)– Lesion: contralateral hemihypestheisa and
astereognosis– Sz: contralateral sensory symptoms ie:
tingling, heat
• Occipital lobe (Brodman’s 17)– Lesion: contralateral hemianopsia with
macular sparing– Sz: flashing or colored lights in contralateral
visual field
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Clinical Cases
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Case 1
• 38 year old male with episodes of right arm tingling with occasional stiffening of right hand/wrist with no loss of consciousness. Episodes last <30sec can occur multiple times a week.
• PMH:– Resected oligodendroglioma involving left parietal cortex 10
years ago.• Social History:
– Works as a driver of a snow plow, married no children• Exam:
– Within normal limits, non-focal• EEG:
– Frequent abnormal discharges and slowing over the left parietal area
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Case 1
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Case 1
• Seizure type:– Simple partial seizure with onset over the left
sensory-motor strip• Patient does not lose consciousness=simple• Focal onset over left sensory-motor strip=right
hand symptoms
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Case 2
• 36 year old male with monthly episodes of “burning smell” and “epigastric rising and loss of consciousness. Peers noticed “staring spells” with loss of speech and eyes “looking to the right”. Patient had one episode 2 years ago of convulsions.
• PMH:– None
• Social Hx:– Works as a paramedic, married with 2 children
• Exam:– Within normal limits and non-focal
• EEG:– Rare left temporal abnormal discharges
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Case 2
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Case 2
• Seizure Type:– Complex partial epilepsy with focal onset over
the left temporal lobe• Patient has aura prior to onset of seizure
– Aura involves gastric uprising=seen with temporal onset
• Loss of consciousness=complex partial • Loss of speech, aphasia=left hemisphere dominant
for speech• Eyes look to right=spread of seizure to left frontal
eye field
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Case 3• 21 year old female with episodes at night of awakening with bitten
tongue. Spouse notices stiffening of arms and legs during sleep. During the daytime, patient is noticed by family to appear agitated with alteration of consciousness. – Outside physicians have been concerned for pseudoseizrues
• PMH:– History of febrile seizures when she was an infant
• Social History:– Housewife, has a 3 year old son
• Exam:– Within normal limits, non-focal
• EEG: – Outpatient 20 minute eeg read as within normal limits
• -> To best characterize these events we recommended VideoEEG– >20 seizures recorded in first 24 hrs– Episodes of “alteration of consciousness” were seizures.
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Case 3
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Case 3
• Seizure Type:– Complex partial seizures with onset over the
right frontal lobe• Alteration of consciousness=complex partial• Agitated behavior =frontal/temporal onset
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Case 4
• 23 year old female with history of daily episodes of “blurry vision” and right sided tingling lasting “few seconds”. No loss of consciousness
• PMH:– None
• Social Hx:– College student
• Exam:– Post-ictal patient has a right field cut with right arm>leg
weakness. Symptoms resolve ~5 minutes after the seizure. – Brain MRI-normal
• EEG:– Frequent left parietal and occipital abnormal discharges and
brief seizures.
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Case 4
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Case 4
• Seizure Type:– Simple partial seizure with onset over the left
parietal/occipital region• No loss of consiousness=simple partial seizure• Visual symptoms=occipital lobe• Right arm>leg tingling=left parietal region• Post-ictal symptoms=suggestive of a Todd’s
paralysis
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Case 5
• 22 year old female with history of convulsive seizures that occur around 1 every 3 months. Seizures occur at night and with no warning.
• PMH:– None
• Social Hx:– College student
• Exam:– Within normal limits, non-focal
• EEG:– Generalized spike and wave abnormal discharges
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Case 5
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Case 5
• Seizure Type:– Primary generalized epilepsy with tonic-clonic
seizures• Loss of consciousness, no aura=generalized onset• EEG with generalized discharges=generalized
epilepsy
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Seizure Management
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Seizure Treatment
• Acute Management– 90% of seizures stop without treatment in
under 5 minutes!!!– Can give ativan or valium for seizures >5min– Monitor ABCDs, avoid injury and aspiration
• Long Term Management– Anti-epileptic medications– Surgery-Best for temporal lobe epilepsy– VNS (vagal nerve stimulator)
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Anti Epileptic Medication
• Older Agents– Phenobarbital
(Mysoline)– Dilantin– Depakote– Tegretol– Ethosuximide
• Newer Agents– Lamictal– Keppra– Topamax
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Other Treatment Options
• Ketogenic diet in children• Surgery
– Removal of epileptic focus– Mostly for patients with temporal lobe seizures
• Possibility of a 70% chance of cure!!
• VNS (Vagal nerve stimulator)– Current given to vagus nerve with theory of
decreasing seizures over time
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Guideline for Management of the Adult Seizing Patient[1]
• General Management:• Call for help • Assess and secure the airway
• Do not place anything in the mouth except when to suction– DO NOT try to force suction/airway through clenched teeth
• When the patient stops convulsing, place patient in lateral decubitus. • Begin supplemental oxygen
• Assess safety of the patient• Ensure lights in room are on• Remove any object within reach of patient that could cause injury • Loosen clothing• Side rails should be up if patient is in bed• Do not try to “hold the patient down”
• Obtain vital signs including pulse oximetry and stat accucheck• Ask an associate to notify the primary service
– If concerned for overdose or withdrawal, contact toxicology service (pager #19708) and consider 100 mg pyridoxine IV (alternative management may be necessary)
– If glucose is < 70 mg/dl (or if accucheck unobtainable) administer amp D50.• Note: Ideally,100mg thiamine IVPB should be given prior to, or soon after, glucose
• Check CBC, BMP, Mg, Phos, urine tox. If patient on AEDs draw levels
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Guideline for Management of the Adult Seizing Patient[1]
• Initial Assessment:• Observation of the seizing patient is critical for diagnosis
and management!• Note time of the seizure and its length• Assess:
– Mental status/level of consciousness-can patient follow commands?
– Language function-can patient speak? Understand when spoken to? Is speech appropriate?
– Motor activity-does the patient have motor automatisms (picking, rhythmic movements), tonic (rigid), and/or clonic (jerking) movements? What part of body is involved in the movements? (face, arm, leg?) Are movements unilateral or bilateral? Is there head deviation, eye deviation? And to which side?
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Guideline for Management of the Adult Seizing Patient[1]
• At: 3-5 minutes- Prolonged Seizure• Note: Most seizures cease without any medical intervention within
1-3 minutes• General Management: • Consult neurology (pager #91516)• Continue to monitor vital signs and assess airway (Q5 minutes).• Continue to ensure patient safety• Consider activating the rapid response team (if pt. is admitted)
• At: 10 minutes - if seizures persist, patient is in Status Epilepticus (S.E.)
• Arrange transfer to the ICU• Refer to LUMC Guidelines for the Acute Management of Status
Epilepticus and Seizure Clustering in Adults and Children
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Guideline for Management of the Adult Seizing Patient[1]
• Medical Treatment (directed by primary service or neurology): • First line agent:
• Lorazepam (Ativan) 1-2mg IV one time. – Can be repeated up to a dose of 0.1mg/kg IV at 2mg/min. – If IV access unavailable, consider IM administration. – Monitor respiratory status– Re-assess patient every 2 minutes for continued seizure activity. If seizures
persist, consider a second line agent.
• Second line agents (select one of the following): • Phenytoin (Dilantin) 20mg/kg IV at 50mg/min
– An additional 5-10mg/kg can be given• Fosphenytoin (Cerebyx) 18-20mg/kg PE at 150mg/minute
– An additional 5-10mg/kg PE can be given– Neurology approval required for the use of Fosphenytoin – If IV access is unavailable, consider IM administration.
• Newer agents are occasionally used at this stage: – Valproate (Depakote) – Levetiracetam (Keppra)
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Status Epilepticus
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Status Epilepticus
• A Neurological EMERGENCY!!!! • Definition
– A seizure that lasts greater than 30 minutes!– Greater than 2 seizures in a row and patient
does not regain consciousness in between
• Etiology– New onset seizures, infection, trauma, SAH,
Stroke, Drugs (legal and illegal), toxin, mets. Non-compliance with seizure meds
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Status Epilepticus
• Initial Treatment– ABCD!!!!!– Lorezepam 2mg IV q2min x4
• Or… diazepam 5mg IV x2
– Phenytoin (Dilantin) 15-18mg/kg IV• Infuse slow, no greater than 50mg/min
– Evaluate for etiology• Draw CBC, LFTs, head CT, Mg, Ca, drug screen• Consider LP
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Status Epilepticus
• Second line treatment (if initial fails)– Phenobarbital-20mg/kg IV
• Watch for respiratory depression
– Depakote-10-15mg/kg IV
• Third line treatment– Warrants an ICU admission/Intubation– Pentobarbital
• 5mg/kg IV load and then titrate to burst suppression
– Midazolam• 0.2mg/kg IV load and then titrate to burst suppression
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Status Epilepticus
• Titrate IV agents to burst suppression
Burst
Suppression