A rare case of generalized tonic‐clonic seizure related to paclitaxel infusion

2019 ◽  
Vol 44 (6) ◽  
pp. 974-976 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oyintayo Ajiboye ◽  
Nair Renu ◽  
Olisa Ezegwu ◽  
Ishaan Vohra ◽  
Muhammed Talha Ayub
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-11
Author(s):  
Abdul Wali Khan ◽  
Abad Khan ◽  
Muhammad Ishaq ◽  
Irfan Ullah ◽  
Marhami Fahriani

We reported a 16-year-old girl, with diffuse vesicular rashes all over the body, presented to the emergency department with altered mental status, irritability, persistent fever and one episode of a generalized tonic-clonic seizure. After thorough evaluation and investigations, the case was a varicella zoster-associated encephalitis in an unvaccinated patient. Appropriate treatment was initiated, the patient was then shifted to the critical care and subsequently discharged with no sequelae. Early diagnosis and treatment should be emphasized as they play an important role in the clinical outcome of chickenpox-associated encephalitis.


2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 675-677 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yang Lu ◽  
Weihua Yu ◽  
Zhiqin Xi ◽  
Zheng Xiao ◽  
Xiaoqin Kou ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
Guido Zarattini ◽  
Adam Farrier ◽  
Federico Sibona

Background Context. Cement leakage is not a rare complication of vertebroplasty, but ascending tonic clonic seizure syndrome is exceptionally rare. We herein report the first case to our knowledge of this complication related to vertebroplasty.Purpose. We herein report the first case of ascending tonic clonic seizure syndrome following epidural cement leakage after percutaneous vertebroplasty in a patient with multiple osteoporotic compression fractures.Study Design. Case report.Methods. A 64-year-old woman with T8, T10, L2, and L4 osteoporotic compression fractures underwent percutaneous vertebroplasty using polymethylmethacrylate. 40 minutes after the procedure the patient started suffering back and leg pain, having repetitive myoclonic jerks lasting 15 seconds of the lower extremities, spasm of the back, dyspnea, sinus tachycardia, hypoxemia, and metabolic acidosis.Results. The patient recovered completely due to a combination of early effective resuscitation and considered definitive management.Conclusions. Percutaneous vertebroplasty with polymethylmethacrylate is relatively safe but has few dangerous complications, which should be prevented by a meticulous technique and excellent image quality.


2018 ◽  
Vol 126 (2) ◽  
pp. 115-122 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katarzyna M. Sawicka ◽  
Agnieszka Wawryniuk ◽  
Jadwiga Daniluk ◽  
Sławomir Karwan ◽  
Magdalena Florek-Łuszczki ◽  
...  

Seizure ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 34 ◽  
pp. 44-47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sipei Pan ◽  
Fang Wang ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Xiang Li ◽  
Xingzhou Liu

2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (9) ◽  
pp. 1188-1192
Author(s):  
Erkan Kilinc ◽  
Handan Gunes

SUMMARY OBJECTIVE We aimed to explore the effects of neuropeptides ghrelin, obestatin, and vasoactive intestinal peptide (VIP) on seizures and plasma concentrations of neuroinflammation biomarkers including calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP), substance-P (SP), and interleukin-1 beta (IL-1β) in pentylenetetrazol-induced seizures in rats. METHODS Ghrelin (80 µg/kg), obestatin (1 µg/kg), VIP (25 ng/kg) or saline were administered to rats intraperitoneally 30 min before pentylenetetrazole (PTZ, 50 mg/kg) injections. Stages of epileptic seizures were evaluated by Racine’s scale, and plasma CGRP, SP, and IL-1β concentrations were measured using ELISA. RESULTS Both obestatin and VIP shortened onset-time of generalized tonic-clonic seizure, respectively, moreover VIP also shortened the onset-time of first myoclonic-jerk induced by PTZ. While PTZ increased plasma CGRP, SP and IL-1β concentrations, ghrelin reduced the increases evoked by PTZ. While VIP further increased PTZ-evoked CGRP levels, it diminished IL-1β concentrations. However, obestatin did not change CGRP, SP, and IL-1β concentrations. CONCLUSION Our results suggest that ghrelin acts as an anticonvulsant, obestatin acts as a proconvulsant, and VIP has dual action on epilepsy. Receptors of those neuropeptides may be promising targets for epilepsy treatment.


2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 513-516
Author(s):  
Fernando Diaz Dilernia ◽  
Martin M. Estefan ◽  
Gerardo Zanotti ◽  
Fernando Comba ◽  
Francisco Piccaluga ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Sagar Lavania ◽  
Mohd. Aleem Siddiqui ◽  
Shantanu Bharti ◽  
Abhishek Kumar

Background: To find out and compare the obsessive-compulsive symptoms / disorder among patients of primary generalized and partial onset epilepsy.Methods: Patients with epilepsy diagnosed clinically at psychiatric out patient’s department were selected for the study and categorized as primary generalized onset tonic clonic seizure type and partial onset seizure. Yale-Brown obsessive-compulsive symptoms check list and scale was applied to find out the obsessive-compulsive symptoms.Results: A total of 110 patients were categorized as primary generalized (GE) 49 and partial onset epilepsy (PE) 61 patients. Obsessive-Compulsive Symptoms (OCS) were found to be 19.9%, and OCD among 3.63%. Mean Y-BOCS scores for obsession were found to be 3.77±1.93 and 4.93±2.03, (t = -3.034, df= 108, p= .003). Whereas the mean Y-BOCS compulsions score was 2.93±1.96 and 4.62±1.87 was (t = -4.590, df= 108, p= .000) for GE and PE group respectively.Conclusions: OCD and OCS among the epilepsy patients were found to be 3.63%, and 19.9% respectively, and significantly higher mean obsessive and compulsive score were found for the group of partial onset epilepsy.


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