SummaryObjectives: The aim of the present study was to determine demographic properties and risk factors for early-and late-onset seizures, as well as the effects of these factors on prognosis of patients with post-stroke epilepsy. Methods: Only patients with post-stroke epilepsy were included in this retrospective study. Demographic properties, stroke type, time interval between stroke and onset of seizure, neuroimaging, EEG characteristics, antiepileptic therapy, and prognosis were assessed. Results: Forty-five patients were included; 23 (51%) were female, and 22 (49%) were male. Mean age of study population was 64. 6±1.3 (23-84). Sixty percent (n=27) of patients had early-onset seizures, and 40% (n=18) had late-onset seizures. Thirty-four patients had an ischemic stroke, and 11 had a hemorrhagic stroke. Most prevalent etiologic factor in the ischemic strokes was a cardioembolic stroke (15%). Middle-cerebral-artery infarcts were the most frequently observed arterial stroke region. In hemorrhagic stroke lobar, hemorrhages (54%) were more prevalent, and 87% of patients received monotherapy. Levetiracetam was the most commonly preferred medication, followed by carbamazepine, valproic acid, and oxcarbazepine, in descending order. Of the early-onset seizures, 63% were controlled with medication, as were 55% of the late-onset seizures. A statistically significant difference was observed between post-stroke localization and timing of seizure. Conclusion: Post-stroke seizures may present as early-or late-onset due to various underlying pathophysiologic mechanisms and prognostic properties. These seizures are affected by a variety of factors and are frequently controlled with monotherapy.Keywords: Epilepsy; cerebrovascular disease.
ÖzetAmaç: Bu çalışmanın amacı inme sonrası nöbet (İSN) geçiren hastaların klinik özelliklerini, inme sonrası erken ve geç başlangıçlı nöbetlerin risk faktörlerini ve bu faktörlerin prognozla ilişkisini değerlendirmektir. Gereç ve Yöntem: Bu geriye dönük çalışmaya İSN geçirdiği tespit edilen hastalar dahil edildi. Hastaların demografik özellikleri, inme tipi, inme ve nöbet başlangıç zamanı (erken veya geç başlangıçlı), nörogörüntüleme bulguları, elektroensefalografi (EEG) özellikleri, tedavide kullanılan antiepileptik ilaçlar ve prognozları değerlendirildi. Bulgular: Çalışmaya dahil edilen 45 hastadan 23'ü kadın (%51), 22'si erkek idi (%49). Hastaların yaş ortalaması 64.6±1.3 (23-84) idi. Hastaların %60'ında (n=27) erken, %40'ında (n=18) geç başlangıçlı nöbetler saptandı. Otuz dört hastada (20 kadın, 14 erkek) iskemik inme tespit edilirken 11 hastada (üç kadın, sekiz erkek) hemorajik inme tespit edildi. İskemik inme grubunda etiyolojide en sık kardiyoembolik iskemik inme (%15) gözlenirken arter sulama alanına göre en sık orta serebral arter (OSA) lokalizasyon infarktları (%53) gözlendi. Hemorajik inme grubunda ise lober kanamalar (%54) ön plandaydı. Hastaların %87'si monoterapi almaktaydı. En sık levetirasetam (LEV) kullanılırken bu sırasıyla karbamazepin (CBZ), valproik asid (VPA), okskarba...