title: Localized EEG abnormalities in acute carbon monoxide poisoning.
abstract: The EEG of a patient with acute carbon monoxide poisoning was characterized by lateralized sharp waves and a focal electrographic seizure discharge within hours of the exposure. These findings were associated with coma and focal motor seizures. The patient made a full clinical recovery, and the EEG was normal two months after the exposure. The association of a primarily diffuse cerebral insult after CO poisoning, with prominent lateralized epileptiform discharges in the EEG, is a distinctly unusual phenomenon.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001667:Binding, Competitive; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000097:blood; D002249:Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / Q000097:blood / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012640:Seizures / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D002248:Carbon Monoxide