Concussive convulsions as differential diagnosis of posttraumatic epilepsy
Concussive convulsions are motor manifestations in acute head injury. This clinical phenomenon should be distin- guished from epileptic seizures. We present two young men with motor and convulsive manifestations in acute head injury. Patient 1. A18-year old basketball player felt on the parquet duri...
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| author | Vojvodić Nikola M. Sokić Dragoslav V. Janković Slavko M. Rasulić Lukas G. |
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| description | Concussive convulsions are motor manifestations in acute head injury. This clinical phenomenon should be distin- guished from epileptic seizures. We present two young men with motor and convulsive manifestations in acute head injury. Patient 1. A18-year old basketball player felt on the parquet during a game. Initially he was struck on the right shoulder which caused brief and vigorous twitch of the head towards the ground and additional temporal impact. At the moment of impact he lost consciousness and developed tonic leg and arm posturing with both clenched fists. His legs were extended during next 20 seconds. Thereafter he was still and his loss of consciousness lasted 3 minutes. Patient 2. A 26-year old man felt on the wooden ground from a 4 m high ferry. He got head impact and lost consciousness. In a few seconds he had tonic/clonic convulsions for the next 10-15 seconds. Ten minutes later he awaked. Results of subsequent neurological examination, electroencephalography and cerebral magnetic resonance imaging studies were normal in both patients. They returned to their occupations after four weeks without problems for a further one year. Conclusion. Described motor manifestations present concussive convulsions. These clinical features are due to transient functional decerebration and corticomedullary dissociation during cerebral concussion. Concussive convulsions are a non-epileptic phenomenon, they are not associated with structural brain injury and have good prognosis. Antiepileptic treatment is not indicated. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c9c3a7771d824111a44c8f46e425c0f62022-12-21T20:24:44ZengSerbian Medical SocietySrpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo0370-81792002-01-011307-827427710.2298/SARH0208274VConcussive convulsions as differential diagnosis of posttraumatic epilepsyVojvodić Nikola M.Sokić Dragoslav V.Janković Slavko M.Rasulić Lukas G.Concussive convulsions are motor manifestations in acute head injury. This clinical phenomenon should be distin- guished from epileptic seizures. We present two young men with motor and convulsive manifestations in acute head injury. Patient 1. A18-year old basketball player felt on the parquet during a game. Initially he was struck on the right shoulder which caused brief and vigorous twitch of the head towards the ground and additional temporal impact. At the moment of impact he lost consciousness and developed tonic leg and arm posturing with both clenched fists. His legs were extended during next 20 seconds. Thereafter he was still and his loss of consciousness lasted 3 minutes. Patient 2. A 26-year old man felt on the wooden ground from a 4 m high ferry. He got head impact and lost consciousness. In a few seconds he had tonic/clonic convulsions for the next 10-15 seconds. Ten minutes later he awaked. Results of subsequent neurological examination, electroencephalography and cerebral magnetic resonance imaging studies were normal in both patients. They returned to their occupations after four weeks without problems for a further one year. Conclusion. Described motor manifestations present concussive convulsions. These clinical features are due to transient functional decerebration and corticomedullary dissociation during cerebral concussion. Concussive convulsions are a non-epileptic phenomenon, they are not associated with structural brain injury and have good prognosis. Antiepileptic treatment is not indicated.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0370-8179/2002/0370-81790208274V.pdfconcussive convulsionsposttraumatic epilepsy |
| spellingShingle | Vojvodić Nikola M. Sokić Dragoslav V. Janković Slavko M. Rasulić Lukas G. Concussive convulsions as differential diagnosis of posttraumatic epilepsy Srpski Arhiv za Celokupno Lekarstvo concussive convulsions posttraumatic epilepsy |
| title | Concussive convulsions as differential diagnosis of posttraumatic epilepsy |
| title_full | Concussive convulsions as differential diagnosis of posttraumatic epilepsy |
| title_fullStr | Concussive convulsions as differential diagnosis of posttraumatic epilepsy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Concussive convulsions as differential diagnosis of posttraumatic epilepsy |
| title_short | Concussive convulsions as differential diagnosis of posttraumatic epilepsy |
| title_sort | concussive convulsions as differential diagnosis of posttraumatic epilepsy |
| topic | concussive convulsions posttraumatic epilepsy |
| url | http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0370-8179/2002/0370-81790208274V.pdf |
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