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Venous angiomas and epilepsy.

S Striano1, C Nocerino, P Striano

  • 1Department of Neurological Sciences, Epilepsy Center, Federico II University, Naples, Italy.

Neurological Sciences : Official Journal of the Italian Neurological Society and of the Italian Society of Clinical Neurophysiology
|November 15, 2000
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Cerebral venous angiomas (VA) are rarely associated with epilepsy, unlike other vascular malformations. Further research is needed to define the relationship between VA and epileptic seizures.

Area of Science:

  • Neurology
  • Neuroradiology
  • Epileptology

Background:

  • Cerebral venous angiomas (VA) are vascular malformations.
  • The association between VA and epilepsy requires further investigation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To determine the frequency of epilepsy in patients with cerebral venous angiomas (VA).
  • To characterize the epilepsy associated with VA.
  • To explore the relationship between VA and epileptic seizures.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective analysis of 1020 epileptic patients over 10 years.
  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was used to identify cerebral venous angiomas (VA).
  • Epilepsy characteristics, including seizure types and drug resistance, were analyzed.

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Main Results:

  • Only 4 out of 1020 epileptic patients presented with VA.
  • All patients experienced partial seizures, predominantly complex partial seizures.
  • Two patients showed drug-resistant epilepsy.
  • Topographic concordance between VA and electroencephalography (EEG) focus was not consistently observed.

Conclusions:

  • Cerebral venous angiomas (VA) are infrequently found in epileptic patients.
  • The topographic and etiological relationship between VA and epilepsy remains undefined.
  • VA-associated epilepsy may present with drug resistance.