Abstract
Status epilepticus is usually a straightforward diagnosis when a patient has two or more seizures without regaining consciousness. However, when status is non-convulsive and, in particular, has a temporal lobe flavour the clinical presentation may be misleading. Presentation with automatic or psychic behaviour is well recorded. We report a patient with nonconvulsive status who presented with progressive dysphasia with widespread CT and MRI changes. The dysphasia and imaging changes led to a diagnosis of a probable neoplastic brain process but reversed with anticonvulsant treatment.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 438-9 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Neuroradiology |
Volume | 37 |
Issue number | 6 |
Publication status | Published - Aug 1995 |
Keywords
- Adult
- Anticonvulsants
- Aphasia
- Brain Diseases
- Cysts
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Electroencephalography
- Female
- Humans
- Magnetic Resonance Imaging
- Status Epilepticus
- Temporal Lobe
- Tomography, X-Ray Computed