Table 2 Pathologies underlying acute symptomatic seizures
Structural etiology | Non-structural etiology | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Pathology | Cases | Unprovoked seizure relapse | Pathology | Cases |
All | 122 (100%) | 11 (100%) | All | 19 (100%) |
Ischemic stroke | 37 (30%) | 2 (18%) | Alcohol withdrawal syndrome | 7 (37%) |
Intracerebral hemorrhage | 23 (19%) | 2 (18%) | Infectious meningitis | 5 (26%) |
Cerebral venous thrombosis | 14 (11%) | 2 (18%) | Electrolyte imbalance * | 2 (11%) |
Subarachnoid hemorrhage | 13 (11%) | 0 | Sepsis | 2 (11%) |
PRES/eclampsia | 11 (9%) | 0 | Autoimmune encephalitis | 1 (5%) |
Viral encephalitis | 7 (6%) | 2 (18%) | Fever > 40.0 °C | 1 (5%) |
Bacterial meningoencephalitis | 5 (4%) | 1 (9%) | Viral encephalitis | 1 (5%) |
Autoimmune encephalitis | 3 (2%) | 0 | ||
Cerebral abscess | 2 (2%) | 1 (9%) | ||
Hyperperfusion syndrome | 2 (2%) | 0 | ||
Subdural hematoma | 2 (2%) | 0 | ||
Hypoxic–ischemic encephalopathy | 1 (1%) | 1 (9%) | ||
Transient ischemic attack | 1 (1%) | 0 | ||
Traumatic brain injury | 1 (1%) | 0 | ||