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Adult Postanoxic “Erratic“ Status Epilepticus
Author(s) -
Bortone E.,
Bettoni G.,
Giorgi C.,
Murgese A.,
Stocchetti M.,
Mancia D.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
epilepsia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.687
H-Index - 191
eISSN - 1528-1167
pISSN - 0013-9580
DOI - 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1992.tb01757.x
Subject(s) - status epilepticus , coma (optics) , medicine , myoclonic jerk , anesthesia , pediatrics , myoclonus , epilepsy , psychiatry , physics , optics
Summary: A 66‐year‐old woman with posttraumatic anoxic coma after diffuse cerebral fat embolism had continuous alternating‐side myoclonic jerks. Usually, this kind of myoclonic status epilepticus (SE) occurs in newborn infants. We postulate the unusual combination of diffuse cerebral anoxia plus commissural fiber damage as a possible explanation.