A Case of Status Epilepticus Characterized by Ictal Hemiplegia.
- Author:
Myung Keun JUNG
1
;
Won Hee JUNG
;
Kwang Ik YANG
;
Hak Jae ROH
;
Ki Bum SUNG
;
Hyung Kook PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Korea. phkook@sparc.schch.co.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Ictal hemiplegia;
EEG-video monitoring
- MeSH:
Adult;
Aphasia;
Brain;
Consciousness;
Diazepam;
Female;
Head;
Hemiplegia*;
Humans;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Neurologic Examination;
Status Epilepticus*
- From:Journal of the Korean Neurological Association
2002;20(5):551-553
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
A 39-year-old woman has had several episodes of transient right hemiplegia. On neurological examination during the ictal period she had alert consciousness with aphasia, head and eyeball deviation to the right side, and right hemiplegia. Brain MRI was normal. EEG-video monitoring of ictal period showed continuous ictal discharge in the midline frontocentral area coincided with right hemiplegia. After injection of diazepam, the ictal discharge and right hemiplegia disappeared. We report a case of status epilepticus characterized by ictal hemiplegia.
