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This study aims to characterize the profile of seizure disorder in patients, identifying causes and demographics.

April 13, 2026Open Access

Profile of Seizure Disorder Presenting in Tertiary Care Hospital

DTDennis Varghese Thomas VRVikram Gowda N R

Key Points

This study aims to characterize the profile of seizure disorder in patients, identifying causes and demographics.
Descriptive prospective design
Evaluation of 50 individuals with seizures
Analysis of seizure types and causes
Utilization of EEG and CT/MRI for diagnosis
84% experienced generalized tonic-clonic seizures
Most cases were due to discontinuation of anti-epileptic drugs (28%)
20% of patients had abnormal EEG results
46% had diagnostic findings from CT/MRI
Seizures were most common in the second decade of life.

Abstract

The present descriptive prospective study was carried to note the profile of seizure disorder as we observe that till date epilepsy is labeled as caused due to unknown origin with the advent of modern radiological and genetic studies the cause for seizures is tried to solve the present situation.In the present study 50 seizure cases were evaluated where we observed that it was commonly presented in second decade of life followed by elderly age group with male predominance.We noted GTC seizures (84%) followed by simple partial (6%), partial with secondary generalization (6%) and complex partial (4%) being the least.Commonest cause of seizure was discontinuation of anti-epileptic drug (28%), vascular origin (20%) with space occupying lesion (16%), other causes are infective origin (14%), eclampsia (12%), 2% of alcohol withdrawal and hepatic encephalopathy cases each.20% cases showed abnormal EEG findings and 46% showed positive finding in CT/MRIfinding which helped in diagnosing the causative agent

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