Epileptic seizures as a cause of unilateral pulmonary edema.
We report three patients with recurrent tonic-clonic seizures associated with unilateral pulmonary edema. Each lung was involved on separate occasions in one patient. The mechanisms of seizure-related pulmonary edema are discussed. Although accurate diagnosis of unilateral postictal pulmonary edema may be difficult because of its rarity, not all pulmonary abnormalities that follow seizures represent pneumonia.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D011658:Pulmonary Fibrosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology; D011859:Radiography