Continuous monitoring devices and seizure patterns by glucose, time and lateralized seizure onset
ConclusionSeizure onset laterality and spread varies with glucose and time of seizure (Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports)
Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports - July 5, 2018 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Long-term use of methylphenidate in a boy with hypothalamic tumor, drug-resistant epilepsy and ADHD
Publication date: Available online 20 April 2018Source: Epilepsy & Behavior Case ReportsAuthor(s): Dobrinko Socanski, Nebojsa Jovic, Harald Beneventi, Anita Herigstad (Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports)
Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports - July 5, 2018 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
New onset syncopal events following vagus nerve stimulator implantation might be key to preventing vagus nerve stimulation-induced symptomatic bradycardia -a case report and review
ConclusionEven though arrhythmia could be critical, most cases were treated as new-onset epileptic seizures with adjustment of anti-seizure drugs for a period. To prevent cardiac asystole in VNS treatment, clinicians should be alert to the possibility of new onset syncopal events differing from habitual seizures. (Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports)
Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports - July 5, 2018 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Drug resistant epilepsy with mesial temporal sclerosis as possible late neurological complication in two AML survivors after stem cell transplantation
Publication date: Available online 23 May 2018Source: Epilepsy & Behavior Case ReportsAuthor(s): Kwan-Ming Karen Yam, Wing-Kwan Alex Leung, Xian-Lun Zhu, Lai-Wah Eva Fung (Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports)
Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports - July 5, 2018 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Sign and magnitude scaling properties of heart rate fluctuations following vagus nerve stimulation in a patient with drug-resistant epilepsy
This study shows that VNS therapy increases the complexity of cardiac fluctuations in a patient with drug-resistant epilepsy, reflecting an augmented HRV non-linearity and a diminished anticorrelated pattern in heart rate fluctuations. A potential clinical use of these parameters includes the early identification of bradycardia, sudden unexpected death (SUDEP) risk and preoperative VNS approaches. Thus, the scaling and magnitude properties of HRV have potential importance as a non-invasive and easy method for adequate diagnostic/prognostic in epilepsy treatment. (Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports)
Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports - July 5, 2018 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Therapeutic Augmentation of Ketogenic Diet with a Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor in a Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus Patient
ConclusionSGLT2 inhibitors may have a therapeutic value in SRSE patients who cannot achieve ketosis with KD alone. (Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports)
Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports - July 5, 2018 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Therapeutic Augmentation of Ketogenic Diet with a Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor in a Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus Patient
Conclusion SGLT2 inhibitors may have a therapeutic value in SRSE patients who cannot achieve ketosis with KD alone. (Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports)
Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports - June 20, 2018 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Sign and magnitude scaling properties of heart rate fluctuations following vagus nerve stimulation in a patient with drug-resistant epilepsy
This study shows that VNS therapy increases the complexity of cardiac fluctuations in a patient with drug-resistant epilepsy, reflecting an augmented HRV non-linearity and a diminished anticorrelated pattern in heart rate fluctuations. A potential clinical use of these parameters includes the early identification of bradycardia, sudden unexpected death (SUDEP) risk and preoperative VNS approaches. Thus, the scaling and magnitude properties of HRV have potential importance as a non-invasive and easy method for adequate diagnostic/prognostic in epilepsy treatment. (Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports)
Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports - June 19, 2018 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Drug resistant epilepsy with mesial temporal sclerosis as possible late neurological complication in two AML survivors after stem cell transplantation
Publication date: Available online 23 May 2018 Source:Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports Author(s): Kwan-Ming Karen Yam, Wing-Kwan Alex Leung, Xian-Lun Zhu, Lai-Wah Eva Fung (Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports)
Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports - May 24, 2018 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Teratoma-negative anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis presenting with a single generalized tonic –clonic seizure
Publication date: 2018 Source:Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports, Volume 10 Author(s): Andy Cheuk-Him Ng, Miljan Tripic, Seyed M. Mirsattari Herein, we describe a case report of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis characterized by a single generalized tonic–clonic seizure and predominantly psychiatric symptoms, persisting long after EEG abnormalities had resolved. We discuss common presentations of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis and advocate for the inclusion of this disease entity in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with one generalized tonic–clonic seizure and prominent psychiatric symptoms. ...
Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports - May 23, 2018 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Seizure frequency can be reduced by changing intracranial pressure: A case report in drug-resistant epilepsy
We report the case of a 23-year-old man who had undergone shunt surgery in childhood and later presented with focal impaired awareness seizures and behavior arrest. Seizures were uncontrolled despite 3years of pharmacotherapy, but suddenly stopped after shunt removal. Our case supports the hypothesis that drug-resistant epilepsy can be influenced by changes in ICP. In particular, this case indicates that elevations in ICP may help reduce some seizures. (Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports)
Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports - May 4, 2018 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Intracarotid Amobarbital disrupts synchronous and nested oscillatory activity ipsilateral to injection
We report a patient case who underwent IAP while implanted with bilateral stereo-EEG. We analyzed the spectral power, phase amplitude coupling, and cluster-phase group synchrony during the procedure. Delta and gamma power increased bilaterally. By contrast, phase amplitude coupling increased only ipsilateral to the injection. Similarly, 4–30Hz cluster-phase group synchrony declines and gamma cluster-phase group synchrony increases only ipsilateral to the injection. These results suggest that a possible additional mechanism for amobarbital action in the IAP is by altering the precise timing of oscillatory activity. (Sourc...
Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports - April 26, 2018 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
New onset syncopal events following vagus nerve stimulator implantation might be key to preventing vagus nerve stimulation-induced symptomatic bradycardia -a case report and review
Conclusion Even though arrhythmia could be critical, most cases were treated as new-onset epileptic seizures with adjustment of anti-seizure drugs for a period. To prevent cardiac asystole in VNS treatment, clinicians should be alert to the possibility of new onset syncopal events differing from habitual seizures. (Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports)
Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports - April 26, 2018 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Neurosurgical Treatment of Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus due to Focal Cortical Dysplasia
We present a rare case of focal cortical dysplasia (FCD) and nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) treated successfully with early surgical intervention. Our case is a 9-year-old boy whose seizures, characterized by short episodes of loss of consciousness, appeared at the age of 7, and he showed progressive cognitive decline in the following years. NCSE was diagnosed, and his MRI revealed FCD in the left frontal region which revealed the same side with his EEG. Following lesionectomy, his NCSE disappeared and cognitive functions improved. Histopathologic analysis of the resected tissue revealed type-IIB FCD. This is a ra...
Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports - April 21, 2018 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
Recurrent Seizures from Chronic Kratom Use, an Atypical Herbal Opioid
We report a 19-year-old male with recurrent seizures that developed during daily Kratom abuse as a self-treatment for anxiety. Following recurrent focal impaired awareness seizures in addition to generalized tonic–clonic seizures, he was begun on anti-seizure drugs. Seizures subsided after completing rehabilitation. Brain MRI at 29months revealed bilaterally symmetric T1-hyperintensity in globus pallidus, subthalamic nuclei, and cerebral peduncles. Our case suggests Kratom abuse may be associated with structural brain lesions on MRI and symptomatic focal epilepsy. (Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports)
Source: Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports - April 21, 2018 Category: Neurology Source Type: research
