Adult postanoxic "erratic" status epilepticus.
A 66-year-old woman with posttraumatic anoxic coma after diffuse cerebral fat embolism had continuous alternating-side myoclonic jerks. Usually, this kind of myoclonic status epilepticus (SE) occurs in newborn infants. We postulate the unusual combination of diffuse cerebral anoxia plus commissural fiber damage as a possible explanation.
Bortone
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Neurological Institute, University of Parma, Italy.
Bettoni
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G
Giorgi
C
C
Murgese
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A
Stocchetti
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M
Mancia
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D
D000368:Aged; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000503:physiopathology; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000150:complications; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004620:Embolism, Fat / Q000150:complications; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D002534:Hypoxia, Brain / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D002542:Intracranial Embolism and Thrombosis / Q000150:complications; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology