The correlation between cluster seizures and findings of magnetic resonance imaging in drug refractory epilepsy patients

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Seyed Navid Naghibi

Fellowship Of Epilepsy, Iran

: J Neurosci Clin Res

Abstract

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Epilepsy is a chronic neurologic condition and affects peoples at all ages. Seizure clusters are generally referred to seizures that occur at close intervals with complete recovery between attacks. Various studies have reported a variety of frequencies and risk factors for this condition. Method: We designed a study to determine the frequency of seizure cluster and to determine neuroimaging findings in these patients and also to evaluate the Correlation between Cluster Seizures and Findings of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Drug Refractory Epilepsy patients. Results: After analyzing data from 568 refractory epilepsy patients, we found that the prevalence of cluster seizure variant is 14.43%. 29.26% of patients with a history of cluster seizure had no obvious abnormal MRI findings whereas 14.40 % of patients without history of cluster seizure had no obvious abnormal MRI findings (P-value<0.05). Compared to Drug Refractory Epilepsy patients without history of seizure clusters, patients with a history of seizure clusters had less abnormal MRI findings, less Mesial Temporal Sclerosis, and more Focal Cortical Dysplasia in Magnetic Resonance Imaging(p value <0.05).

Biography

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Seyed Navid Naghibi Doctor of Medicine : Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences (1998-2006). Ranked 31th in the national enterance exam 1998 and member of National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents (NODET) .Resindent of Neurology at Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences (2006-2010) . Fellowship of Epilepsy at Isfahan University of medical science (2017-2018).