TABLE 1:

Summary of the clinical data

CharacteristicPatients without Seizures (n = 13)*Patients with Seizures (n = 31)
Location of InjuryFL (n = 11)TL (n = 2)Early PTE (n = 2)Delayed PTE (n = 29)
FL (n = 2)PL (n = 5)FL (n = 19)FTL (n = 1)TL (n = 2)OL (n = 2)
Type of seizure
 Simple partial23
 Complex partial111
 Tonic2
 Generalized tonic clonic5212
 SPS-GTC11
  • Note.—SPS-GTCS indicates simple partial seizure to generalized tonic clonic seizure; FTL, frontotemporal lobe; OL, occipital lobe; PL, parietal lobe; FL, frontal lobe; TL, temporal lobe.

  • * These disease controls had no seizures at any time after head injury.