[Epilepsy by bovine (zebu) goring: a case report in Burkina Faso].
The post-traumatic epilepsy is responsible for 20% of the symptomatic epilepsies. Accidents on public highway constitute more than 70% of the causes. We report a singular case of fronto-polar post-traumatic epilepsy by zebu goring which appeared two years after the traumatism. The neurological examination of the patient was normal apart from a inconspicuous expansiveness of humor underlined by an excess of familiarity and hypersyntony. The cerebral scanner revealed a left fronto-basal cortico-under-cortical low density up to the homolateral fronto-polar area. The electroencephalogram (EEG) showed some left fronto-polar bursts of spike and wave on a normal bottom line. This clinical observation draws our attention on the fact that in Sahelian tropical environment where bovine breeding holds a major place, the cranio-encephalic traumatism by goring is not rare and can be responsible for epilepsy in the same way as accidents on public highway, or ballistic traumatism.
Napon
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Service de neurologie du CHU Yalgado-Ouedraogo, BP 7022 Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso. cnapon@gmail.com
Dravé
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Kaboré
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D000062:Accidents, Occupational; D000328:Adult; D000822:Animal Husbandry; D000818:Animals; D002050:Burkina Faso; D002417:Cattle; D020207:Coma, Post-Head Injury / Q000209:etiology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000293:injuries*; D020197:Head Injuries, Penetrating / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010551:Personality