title: Alternating periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges (cerebral bigeminy).
abstract: Periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges (PLEDs) are seen, as a rule, following acute brain damage. We presented a 54-year-old diabetic male with ischemic coronary disease. Following cardiopulmonary arrest, the patient had a particular EEG pattern of PLEDs, characterized by two recurrent discharges. To our knowledge, this is the fourth published case of such EEG alteration. All of the cases were related to anoxic events.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Escola Paulista de Medicina, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Bertolucci
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Silva
mesh_terms: D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged