title: Episodic respiratory failure due to focal epileptic activity.
abstract: We report on a patient with a complicated course after surgical abdominal intervention and episodic life threatening respiratory failures successfully treated with carbamazepine after diagnosis of a ponto-medullary lesion in the MRI.
authors.affiliation: Department of General and Visceral Surgery, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Heinrich-Heine-University, Germany. ingo.alldinger@med.uni-duesseldorf.de
authors.forename: Ingo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Alldinger
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Siebler
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Peiper
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Cupisti
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Rado
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kindgen-Milles
authors.forename: W T
authors.initials: WT
authors.lastname: Knoefel
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001062:Appendectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D020295:Brain Stem Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D002220:Carbamazepine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004828:Epilepsies, Partial / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012131:Respiratory Insufficiency / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D000927:Anticonvulsants; D002220:Carbamazepine