Epilepsy and Dupuytren's Contracture

Publisher Website
Google Scholar
Abstract
For approximately 15 years there have been isolated reports published correlating Dupuytren''s contractures in epilepsy. Most of these reports have not been from the neurological standpoint. As high as 50% of male patients with epilepsy have been observed with Dupuytren''s contractures (Skoog). This combination is much lower in the female patient. The most recent report gives an incidence of only 9%, but in other chronic illnesses a higher percentage, i.e., 16% in arthritis; 29% in diabetes, and 19% in tuberculosis (Gordon). We examined 168 patients with epilepsy, of whom 32, or 20%, showed very mild questionable to definite contracture. If the mild cases are omitted there are 20 unquestioned cases, or approximately 12%. This is far less than the 50% reported by Skoog. The median age incidence was between 40 and 45 years. This seems to be the most significant factor so far. In this group about 33% had abnormal eeg patterns, which is certainly lower than this observation in general in patients with epilepsy. There was no correlation with the type of seizure, etiology of the epilepsy or medication employed.

This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: