Successful treatment of super-refractory focal status epilepticus: Surgery, vagus nerve stimulation, and botox for epilepsia partialis continua [PDF]
Epilepsy & Behavior ReportsSuper-refractory status epilepticus (SRSE) is a life-threatening condition characterized by persistent seizures lasting beyond seven days despite anesthetic therapy. Managing SRSE is challenging, particularly in cases resistant to conventional treatments.
N. Zalmay +7 more
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Subacute measles encephalitis in a case of late presenting congenital HIV with epilepsia partialis continua as the first manifestation: A case report [PDF]
Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care, 2021 We report a case of a 14-year-old non-immunised girl with a prior history of measles infection presenting with afebrile seizures progressing to epilepsia partialis continua (EPC), quadriparesis and headache.
Arka P Chakraborty +5 more
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Menkes Disease Presenting with Epilepsia Partialis Continua [PDF]
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine, 2014 Aim. We aim to describe a female patient with Menkes disease who presented with epilepsia partialis continua. Case Presentation. Seventeen-months-old Saudi infant was presented with repetitive seizures and was diagnosed to have epilepsia partialis ...
Tamer Rizk +3 more
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Emergent responsive neurostimulation in pediatric super‐refractory epilepsia partialis continua [PDF]
Annals of Clinical and Translational NeurologyFocal status epilepticus, particularly the motor variant of epilepsia partialis continua (EPC), is a rare condition characterized by near‐continuous, chronic focal motor seizures, and associated with poor outcomes. Medications, including anesthetics, are
Peter N. Hadar +8 more
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A fitting tribute to Epilepsia partialis continua. [PDF]
Ann Med Surg (Lond), 2015 In July 2014, a 66 year-old lady presented to emergency department after having not been seen for 3 days. She was eventually found in bed not responding verbally. The ambulance service reported tonic-clonic seizures lasting 10-30 s every 3 min. The patient was treated for her seizures with phenytoin and additional benzodiazepines as required.
Patel P, Amin N, Patel SB, Morgan C.
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Alice in Wonderland Syndrome: Localising insights from right visual cortex stroke complicated by epilepsia partialis continua [PDF]
Epilepsy & Behavior ReportsThe Alice in Wonderland syndrome comprises visual and/or somaesthetic distortions, most often migrainous in origin. We present a case of Alice in Wonderland syndrome in association with a right posterior/visual cortex infarction with subsequent seizures ...
Gashirai K. Mbizvo +4 more
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Hashimoto's encephalopathy – presenting with epilepsia partialis continua and a frontal lobe lesion [PDF]
Clinical Case Reports, 2018 Key Clinical Message We report a case of Hashimoto's encephalopathy (HE), who presented with epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) and a frontal lobe lesion.
Lokesh A. Rukmangadachar +3 more
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Epilepsia partialis continua complicated by disseminated tuberculosis and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis: a case report [PDF]
Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2019 Background We describe a patient copresenting with epilepsia partialis continua, tuberculosis, and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. To our knowledge, this is the first documented case of this triad.
Gashirai K. Mbizvo +6 more
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Epilepsia partialis continua responsive to intravenous levetiracetam [PDF]
Seizure: the Journal of the British Epilepsy Association, 2009 We report on a case of epilepsia partialis continua with rapid response to intravenous bolus administration of levetiracetam. A 60-year-old woman presented with continuous jerking of the right foot and hallux persisting for more than two days. She had a 9-year history of epilepsy due to a left temporoparietal oligodendroglioma with occasional focal ...
Carsten Eggers +2 more
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A young child of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis presenting with epilepsia partialis continua: the first pediatric case in Korea [PDF]
Korean Journal of Pediatrics, 2016 Anti-N-methyl D-aspartate receptor (anti-NMDAR) encephalitis, recently recognized as a form of paraneoplastic encephalitis, is characterized by a prodromal phase of unspecific illness with fever that resembles a viral disease.
Eun-Hee Kim +4 more
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