Transient epileptic amnesia mistaken for mild cognitive impairment? A high-density EEG study.
Epilepsy Behav
; 36: 41-6, 2014 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) converts to Alzheimer's disease within a few years of diagnosis in up to 80% of patients. The identification among such a population of a rare form of epilepsy (transient epileptic amnesia [TEA]), characterized by mixed anterograde and retrograde amnesia with apparent preservation of other cognitive functions, excessively rapid decay of newly acquired memories, and loss of memories for salient personal events of the remote past, strongly affects prognosis and medical treatment. Our aim was to define the clinical utility of routine high-density electroencephalography (EEG) in patients with MCI for the detection of epilepsy, especially TEA. Using high-density EEG (256 channels), we were able to single out 3 cases of TEA previously misdiagnosed as MCI in this cohort of 76 consecutive patients with MCI diagnosed at our center. Antiepileptic treatment effectively stopped the acute episodes of memory loss. To our knowledge, this is the first report of an incidence of 4% of TEA recorded in such a cohort.
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Asunto principal:
Amnesia Global Transitoria
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Electroencefalografía
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Epilepsia
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Ondas Encefálicas
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Disfunción Cognitiva
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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En
Revista:
Epilepsy Behav
Asunto de la revista:
CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO
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NEUROLOGIA
Año:
2014
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Article
País de afiliación:
Italia