PURPOSE: To describe the seizure semiology of patients older than 60 years and to compare it with that of a control group of younger adults matched according to the epilepsy diagnosis. METHODS: Available videotapes of all patients aged 60 years and older who underwent long-term video-EEG evaluation at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (CCF) between January 1994 and March 2002 were analyzed by two observers blinded to the clinical data. A younger adult control group was matched according to the epilepsy diagnosis, and their seizures also were analyzed. RESULTS: Fifty-four (3.3%) of the 1,633 patients were 60 years or older at the time of admission. For 21 of them, at least one epileptic seizure was recorded. Nineteen patients had focal epilepsy (nine temporal lobe, two frontal lobe, two parietal lobe, eight nonlocalized), and two patients had generalized epilepsy. Seventy-three seizures of the elderly patients and 85 seizures of the 21 control patients were analyzed. In nine elderly patients and 14 control patients, at least one of their seizures started with an aura. Eleven elderly patients and 19 control patients lost responsiveness during their seizures. Approximately two thirds of the patients in both groups had automatisms during the seizures. Both focal and generalized motor seizures (e.g., clonic or tonic seizures) were seen less frequently in the elderly. CONCLUSIONS: Only a small percentage of the patients admitted to a tertiary epilepsy referral center for long-term video-EEG monitoring are older than 60 years. All seizure types observed in the elderly also were seen in the younger control group, and vice versa. Simple motor seizures were seen less frequently in the elderly.
PURPOSE: To describe the seizure semiology of patients older than 60 years and to compare it with that of a control group of younger adults matched according to the epilepsy diagnosis. METHODS: Available videotapes of all patients aged 60 years and older who underwent long-term video-EEG evaluation at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation (CCF) between January 1994 and March 2002 were analyzed by two observers blinded to the clinical data. A younger adult control group was matched according to the epilepsy diagnosis, and their seizures also were analyzed. RESULTS: Fifty-four (3.3%) of the 1,633 patients were 60 years or older at the time of admission. For 21 of them, at least one epilepticseizure was recorded. Nineteen patients had focal epilepsy (nine temporal lobe, two frontal lobe, two parietal lobe, eight nonlocalized), and two patients had generalized epilepsy. Seventy-three seizures of the elderly patients and 85 seizures of the 21 control patients were analyzed. In nine elderly patients and 14 control patients, at least one of their seizures started with an aura. Eleven elderly patients and 19 control patients lost responsiveness during their seizures. Approximately two thirds of the patients in both groups had automatisms during the seizures. Both focal and generalized motor seizures (e.g., clonic or tonic seizures) were seen less frequently in the elderly. CONCLUSIONS: Only a small percentage of the patients admitted to a tertiary epilepsy referral center for long-term video-EEG monitoring are older than 60 years. All seizure types observed in the elderly also were seen in the younger control group, and vice versa. Simple motor seizures were seen less frequently in the elderly.
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