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Photoparoxysmal responses

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Sixty-five outpatients with photoparoxysmal response (PPR) during routine EEG were studied. The PPR showed prevalence in women (75.4%). Seizures were found in 66.1% of cases. The rest recordings were abnormal in 41.8% with prevalence of generalized paroxysm. Eight patterns of PPR were observed, being polyspike mixed to slow wave the most frequent (53%). The epileptic group showed a bimodal distribution in the several bands of photic stimulation, near 8 and 20-24 Hz. A sustained paroxysmal abnormality persisting after the photic stimulation was present in 6 epileptic patients.


Foram estudados 65 pacientes de ambulatório que apresentaram resposta fotoparoxística (RF) no EEG intercrítico. Houve predomínio da RF no sexo feminino (75,4%) e 61,1% dos casos tinham história de crises epilépticas. Dos 8 padrões de RF observados, o padrão poliponta-onda lenta foi o mais freqüente (53%). Em relação às faixas de fotostimulação, o grupo epiléptico apresentou distribuição bimodal (8 e 20-24 Hz). Os autores discutem seus achados em relação aos descritos na literatura.


Mauro Muszkat; Rosana M. Guimarães; Ademir B. da Silva; Carlos J. Reis de Campos

Setor de Investigação e Tratamento das Epilepsias e Setor de Eletrencefalografia, Departamento de Neurologia e Neurocirurgia, Escola Paulista de Medicina. This paper was supported in part by grants from CNPq

SUMMARY

Sixty-five outpatients with photoparoxysmal response (PPR) during routine EEG were studied. The PPR showed prevalence in women (75.4%). Seizures were found in 66.1% of cases. The rest recordings were abnormal in 41.8% with prevalence of generalized paroxysm. Eight patterns of PPR were observed, being polyspike mixed to slow wave the most frequent (53%). The epileptic group showed a bimodal distribution in the several bands of photic stimulation, near 8 and 20-24 Hz. A sustained paroxysmal abnormality persisting after the photic stimulation was present in 6 epileptic patients.

RESUMO

Foram estudados 65 pacientes de ambulatório que apresentaram resposta fotoparoxística (RF) no EEG intercrítico. Houve predomínio da RF no sexo feminino (75,4%) e 61,1% dos casos tinham história de crises epilépticas. Dos 8 padrões de RF observados, o padrão poliponta-onda lenta foi o mais freqüente (53%). Em relação às faixas de fotostimulação, o grupo epiléptico apresentou distribuição bimodal (8 e 20-24 Hz). Os autores discutem seus achados em relação aos descritos na literatura.

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Dr. Carlos J. Reis de Campos - Disciplina de Neurologia, Escola Paulista de Medicina -Rua Botucatu 740 - 04023 São Paulo SP - Brasil.

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