title: Complex partial status epilepticus in a patient with dural metastases.
abstract: We describe a 68-year-old man with invasive transitional cell carcinoma of the bladder metastatic to the dura who presented with complex partial status epilepticus (CPSE). To our knowledge, the association of CPSE and dural metastases has not been previously reported.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Creighton University School of Medicine, Omaha, NE 68131.
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Steg
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Frank
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Lefkowitz
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D004388:Dura Mater / Q000473:pathology*; D004569:Electroencephalography; D017029:Epilepsy, Complex Partial / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000556:secondary*; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D001749:Urinary Bladder Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology