Isolated post stroke epileptic seizures in women

Abstract

Introduction. Seizures are a known complication of stroke. They may increase the cerebral lesions and induce epileptic status or encephalopathy. The correlation between brain structural damage, epileptic foci, antiepileptic drugs and clinical outcome is unknown. Late-onset seizures are thought to be caused by gliosis and the development of a meningocerebral cicatrix. Changes in membrane properties, deafferentation, selective neuronal loss, and collateral sprouting may result in hyperexcitability and neuronal synchrony strong enough to cause seizures. Can we consider as Epilepsy one grand-mal seizure after a massive ischemic stroke?