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Cerebrospinal fluid pleocytosis following simple, complex partial, and generalized tonic-clonic seizures
- Source :
- Annals of neurology. 23(4)
- Publication Year :
- 1988
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Abstract
- We observed postictal pleocytosis in 7 of 62 cerebrospinal fluid specimens obtained from 27 patients with epilepsy. Each patient had a known seizure disorder; none had any other cause for the pleocytosis. The maximum number of leukocytes was 12/mm3; the maximum number of erythrocytes was 190/mm3. Postictal pleocytosis was more common in samples obtained within 12 hours of the last seizure. Although previous studies have emphasized that pleocytosis is more common after repetitive generalized tonic-clonic seizures, we found increased leukocyte counts in cerebrospinal fluid after single simple, complex partial, or generalized tonic-clonic seizures.
Details
- ISSN :
- 03645134
- Volume :
- 23
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Annals of neurology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....51876a4fa429c26a5fdbb980cea8096a