Table 1. Transient Epileptic Amnesia (TEA) Patient Information.
Gender | Age | Age at onset | Evidence for a diagnosis of epilepsy | Imaging | ||
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EEG | Other features | Treatment response | ||||
Note. SPS = simple partial seizures; CPS = complex partial seizures; TCL = tonic–clonic seizures. (L) = left; (BL) = bilateral epileptiform. EEGs were compatible with a temporal lobe origin. | ||||||
* Small area of right frontal encephalomalacia and slightly excessive global atrophy on MRI. ** Left hippocampal cyst; left putaminal T2 hypointensity. | ||||||
M | 69 | 67 | Not performed | none | Complete | Normal CT |
M | 66 | 61 | Normal | none | Complete | Normal MRI |
M | 66 | 55 | Normal | none | Complete | Normal MRI |
M | 71 | 65 | Normal | TCL | Complete | Normal MRI |
M | 75 | 67 | Normal | SPS, CPS | Complete | Normal MRI |
M | 76 | 73 | Normal | CPS | Complete | Abnormal MRI* |
M | 67 | 66 | Epileptiform (L) | none | Complete | Normal MRI |
M | 73 | 71 | Epileptiform (L) | SPS | Complete | Normal MRI |
M | 74 | 67 | Epileptiform (L) | CPS | Complete | Normal MRI |
M | 74 | 53 | Epileptiform (BL) | SPS | Partial | Normal MRI |
F | 57 | Mid-20s | Epileptiform (BL) | TCL, CPS | Partial | Abnormal MRI** |