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Dizziness in childhood is not an infrequent symptom, but epileptic vertigo is a rare condition in children. Here we report an 8-year-old Japanese boy with epileptic vertiginous seizures. At age 8 years, he visited Nippon Medical School Hospital because of a ten day history of dizziness. The
A 20-year-old patient with biologically-confirmed lupus developed a perirenal abscess following puncture biopsy of the kidney. Postoperative treatment included metronidazole at a mean dose of 2.5 g daily for 68 days (total dose : 165 g). Generalised convulsive seizures occurred on four occasions,
Focal seizures are usually manifest with stereotyped positive phenomena. However, seizures may also give negative phenomena, such as paralysis, speech arrest, neglect, atonia and numbness. We report a 39-year-old man with neurofibromatosis 2 who had recurrent stereotyped episodes of weakness
A 20 year-old woman began to have epileptic attacks of focal inhibitory seizure with paralysis and hypesthesia of her left or right upper limb followed by complex partial seizure several times a week since age 19. She was born by breech presentation and umbilical cord was coiling around her neck at
A 52-year-old right handed man presented with medically intractable partial seizures consisting of numbness on the left upper back spreading to the left upper as well as lower limbs. Head computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging showed a round calcified lesion in the depth of the superior
A 62-year-old woman, who frequently had numbness seizures in the right half of her body, is reported. Weakness and consciousness disturbance did not occur during the seizure, and an abnormal electroencephalogram was not observed during the seizure or between seizures. The seizure was completely
We report a 65-years-old woman with rheumatoid meningitis presented with a generalized seizure. She has a 18-year history of rheumatoid arthritis, which has been successfully treated. She developed a generalized seizure. She was diagnosed as having subarachnoid hemorrhage, because the brain magnetic
A 23-year-old man presented to the clinic with a oneweek history of left upper and lower extremity numbness, starting in his left hand and progressing to his left foot. He then experienced intermittent difficulty walking and left-sided drooling. The patient also reported having a left arm abscess
Questionnaires or symptom lists have proved effective for differentiating epileptic seizures (ES) from psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNES). However, monitoring the events, corroborated by medical history gathered by experts, remains the gold standard. We directly compared symptoms and
BACKGROUND
Seizures are most commonly associated with positive phenomena such as tonic, clonic or myoclonic movements, automatisms, paresthesias and hallucinations. Negative phenomena, however, are not an uncommon manifestation of seizure activity. Examples of negative seizure phenomena include
Magnesium (Mg) is the fourth most abundant cation in the body and plays a key role in numerous cellular functions such as glycolysis and energy metabolism. Its deficit may cause gastrointestinal disturbances, cardiovascular and neurological diseases. Among the latter, the symptoms may range from
Celiac disease (CD) affects up to 1% of the general population. Classically, it manifests with intestinal symptoms (diarrhea, steatorrhea, abdominal pain or discomfort) associated with weight loss and anemia. Seizure is a rare form of presentation of CD. A 13-year-old female patient with Down
Complex partial seizures refer to focal seizures that start in one hemisphere of the brain and are associated with impairment in consciousness. Complex partial seizures are now preferably called "focal impaired awareness seizure" or "focal onset impaired awareness seizure." International League
A seizure is a symptom that refers to episodic, excessive and disorderly neuronal activity in the brain. Traditionally seizures have been classified into partial and generalized. Partial seizure refers to abnormal neural activity localized to one area of the cerebral hemisphere and having a
Five patients with seizures involving the secondary sensory and/or related areas (SSRA) are presented. Four of five experienced ictal numbness and/or tingling bilaterally and/or axially; this involved fingertips (three patients), lips (two), tongue (two), and was diffuse in one. The fifth patient