ACUTE STROKE-ELICITED EPILEPSIA PARTIALIS CONTINUA RESPONSIVE TO LEVETIRACETAM-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

ACUTE STROKE-ELICITED EPILEPSIA PARTIALIS CONTINUA RESPONSIVE TO LEVETIRACETAM

Published:2021-05-01 Issue: Volume: Page:24-25
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Container-title:INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH
language:en
Short-container-title:IJAR

Author:

parate Tilottama¹,K S Tony²,chavan Sonali³,Gadge Shital²,S Kavyasree²

Affiliation:

1. Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur.

2. Junior Resident, Department of Medicine, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur.

3. lecturer, Department of Medicine, Indira Gandhi Government Medical College, Nagpur.

Abstract

We present an interesting case of epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) responsive to levetiracetam treatment as an acute manifestation of cortical ischemia. A 54 -year-old, right-handed man presented with Epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) ensued as an acute complication of an acute infarct in high parietal region, with clonic jerks of left upper limb, was admitted to our department of general medicine. When the standard treatment with benzodiazepines and phenytoin failed, levetiracetam was started. This completely abolished seizure activity, bringing an improvement of the patient's neurological condition EPC may be an acute complication of cortical ischemic damage and levetiracetam, is an interesting alternative for the treatment of this poorly studied condition.

Publisher

World Wide Journals

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