Chronic meningitis, seizures and myoclonus

James Joseph Mcdonald; Matthew Jones; Colin Smith; Peter L Foley; Liam Lee; Richard Davenport

doi:10.1136/practneurol-2022-003437

Chronic meningitis, seizures and myoclonus

James Joseph Mcdonald, Matthew Jones, Colin Smith, Peter L Foley, Liam Lee, Richard Davenport

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A 70-year-old retired male plumber was admitted with reduced consciousness following a recent onset of confusion and headache. He developed encephalopathy, seizures and myoclonus. He died despite treatment 10 weeks later. This article reports the clinicopathological conference presented at the Edinburgh Clinical Neurology Course 2021.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	427-434
Journal	Practical Neurology
Volume	22
Issue number	5
Early online date	22 Jun 2022
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/practneurol-2022-003437
Publication status	Published - Oct 2022

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CSF
MRI
epilepsy
myoclonus
neurooncology

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Chronic meningitis, seizures and myoclonus

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