J Korean Neurol Assoc.
2002 Sep;20(5):551-553.
A Case of Status Epilepticus Characterized by Ictal Hemiplegia
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- 1Department of Neurology, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Korea. phkook@sparc.schch.co.kr
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- A 39-year-old woman has had several episodes of transient right hemiplegia. On neurological examination during the ictal period she had alert consciousness with aphasia, head and eyeball deviation to the right side, and right hemiplegia. Brain MRI was normal. EEG-video monitoring of ictal period showed continuous ictal discharge in the midline frontocentral area coincided with right hemiplegia. After injection of diazepam, the ictal discharge and right hemiplegia disappeared. We report a case of status epilepticus characterized by ictal hemiplegia.
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