Publications by authors named "Kentaro Tokumoto"
Objective: Collaboration among medical facilities is crucial to deliver comprehensive epilepsy care to a diverse and large population of people with epilepsy. We conducted a survey among medical facilities of various sizes throughout Japan to investigate the status of epilepsy care delivery, functioning, and referral.
Methods: With the cooperation of the Japan Neurological Society (1428 facilities), Japanese Neurosurgical Society (3489 specialists), and Epilepsy Care Network (948 facilities), a questionnaire was mailed to 5865 locations that provide epilepsy care in Japan.
Objective: The authors perform thorough, noninvasive presurgical evaluations for intractable epilepsy at their center and avoid unnecessary intracranial EEG when possible. The purpose of this study was to clarify the appropriateness of their lesion-oriented surgical strategy for localized focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) type II.
Methods: Fifty-one patients with pathologically proven localized FCD type II who were followed for at least 1 year after surgery were included.
Article Synopsis
- Periictal water drinking (PIWD) is a rare behavior observed during seizures, particularly studied in focal epilepsy patients, revealing its occurrence more often in frontal lobe epilepsy (FLE) than in temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE).
- In a study of 240 patients with focal epilepsy, only 9.5% exhibited PIWD, and its presence in FLE showed a statistically significant difference compared to other forms of epilepsy.
- The research concludes that PIWD is not a reliable lateralizing symptom for identifying the affected hemisphere in either FLE or TLE, suggesting it may not be a specific indicator of TLE in clinical settings.
Mahjong is one of the most popular Chinese tile games played in Japan. Mahjong-related seizures (MRS) are rare praxis-induced seizures. We identified three patients with MRS from February 2000 to February 2021.
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- A multicenter retrospective cohort study in Japan investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on epilepsy care from January 2019 to December 2020, analyzing data such as outpatient visits, EEGs, and surgeries.
- Findings showed a decrease in outpatient visits and EEG studies and a drastic increase in telemedicine use, with significant negative effects on admissions and procedures during periods of higher COVID-19 cases and a state of emergency.
- The study highlights the substantial disruption to epilepsy care caused by the pandemic, corroborating previous research and emphasizing the extent of these changes.
Purpose: Myelin oligodendrocyte glycoprotein (MOG) antibodies (Abs) are associated with various central nervous system demyelinating disorders. Recently, they were detected in cerebral cortical encephalitis (CCE), which often causes seizures. We performed a literature review to elucidate the electroclinical features of CCE.
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