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A case of post‐leptospirosis autoimmune epilepsy presenting with sleep‐related hypermotor seizures
Author(s) -
Makhija Prashant,
Gopinath Siby,
Kannoth Sudheeran,
Radhakrishnan Kurupath
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
epileptic disorders
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.673
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1950-6945
pISSN - 1294-9361
DOI - 10.1684/epd.2017.0941
Subject(s) - leptospirosis , epilepsy , medicine , pathogenesis , antecedent (behavioral psychology) , pediatrics , immunology , pathology , psychology , psychiatry , developmental psychology
This video‐illustrated case report concerns a 49‐year‐old woman who presented with sleep‐related hypermotor seizures. The antecedent history of leptospirosis, high frequency of new‐onset seizures, presence of an unclassified anti‐neuronal antibody, and dramatic response to steroids strongly supported post‐infectious immune‐mediated pathogenesis in our patient. To the best of our knowledge, post‐leptospirosis autoimmune epilepsy presenting as sleep‐related hypermotor seizures has not hitherto been reported. [ Published with video sequence on www.epilepticdisorders.com ].