Subluxation of cervical spine in major epileptic seizure due to cerebral schistosomiasis.
Subluxation of the cervical spine either with or without neurologic involvement as a result of epileptic seizure is a rare occurrence. Most of the literature reviewed deals with compression fractures of the spine effected by metrazol-induced convulsions or electroshock therapy for major psychosis. Of further interest in this case is the presumptive diagnosis of a cerebral lesion due to schistosomiasis as the cause of the seizure which produced the cervical subluxation with neurologic changes. The subluxation was reduced and stabilized by inter-body fusion.
D000328:Adult; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D002574:Cervical Vertebrae / Q000293:injuries*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D004204:Joint Dislocations / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D012552:Schistosomiasis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis