West Nile virus (WNV) has re-emerged with a much wider geographic distribution and a higher incidence than ever. In spite of some recent reports on the neurological manifestations and EEG changes caused by WNV encephalitis, there are few data on the incidence of seizures, status epilepticus or post-encephalitic epilepsy. There is also no systematic review of EEG changes caused by WNV encephalit...

Dravet syndrome is a severe infantile-onset epilepsy syndrome with a distinctive but complex electroclinical presentation. A healthy, developmentally normal infant presents at around 6 months of age with convulsive status epilepticus, which may be hemiclonic or generalized; seizures may be triggered by fever, illness or vaccination. The infant typically has further episodes of status epilepticu...

Status epilepticus is refractory to initial intravenous anticonvulsants in every third patient and at least the generalised convulsive form is commonly associated with neuronal long-term consequences. The understanding of pathophysiological mechanisms underlying development and maintenance of status epilepticus and its sequelae is therefore of uttermost importance. Spontaneous seizure terminati...

Autosomal dominant nocturnal frontal lobe epilepsy (ADNFLE) is a familial partial epilepsy syndrome characterized by seizures suggesting a frontal lobe origin occurring predominantly during sleep. Up to a third of patients may have refractory seizures, with repeated episodes of status epilepticus, intellectual disability of variable degree and psychiatric disturbances. We report a patient with ...

IMPORTANCE Benzodiazepines are considered first-line therapy for pediatric status epilepticus. Some studies suggest that lorazepam may be more effective or safer than diazepam, but lorazepam is not Food and Drug Administration approved for this indication. OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that lorazepam has better efficacy and safety than diazepam for treating pediatric status epilepticus. ...

Transient left ventricular apical ballooning also called Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a recently described cardiac syndrome. It often affects postmenopausal women having an acute physical or emotional stress, but it have also been described after convulsive status epilepticus. Although this association is rare and left ventricular function often recovers, it would be useful to the neurologist to...

Methotrexate (MTX) is an anti-metabolite used in the treatment of leukemia and autoimmune disease. Careful observation MTX concentration should be performed as side effects such seizure, headache, limb paralysis, confusion are found MTX-induced leukoencephalopathy. To our knowledge, there was no reported case non-convulsive status epilepticus a manifestation leukoencephalopathy South Korea. Her...

BACKGROUND Various anticonvulsant medications have been associated with paradoxical aggravation of epileptic seizures in therapeutic doses and toxic concentrations. Lamotrigine has been reported to exacerbate seizures and myoclonic seizures in generalized epilepsy in a child with localization-related epilepsy. OBJECTIVE To describe lamotrigine intoxication paradoxically producing status epile...

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is the most common form of human prion diseases. A 57-year-old woman was transferred to our Department from a local hospital, where she had been treated for two weeks due to consciousness disorders and convulsive epileptic attacks that progressed to refractory status epilepticus. Electroencephalography showed diffuse spike-wave complex discharges and development of non...