A rare case of drug sensitive adult‐onset temporal lobe epilepsy due to a focal cortical dysplasia revealed by ictal coughing: First report in <scp>sub‐Saharan</scp> Africa-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A rare case of drug sensitive adult‐onset temporal lobe epilepsy due to a focal cortical dysplasia revealed by ictal coughing: First report in sub‐Saharan Africa

Published:2023-03 Issue:3 Volume:11 Page:
ISSN:2050-0904
Container-title:Clinical Case Reports
language:en
Short-container-title:Clinical Case Reports

Author:

Chokote Eric‐Samuel¹²³^ORCID,Ngarka Leonard²³⁴⁵,Takoeta Emmanuel Oben⁶,Kengni Hermann Nestor Tsague⁵⁷,Nfor Leonard N.²³⁴,Mengnjo Michel K.²³⁴,Mendo Edwige Laure²³⁸,Djeutcheu Fabrice⁹,Yepnjio Faustin N.⁴,Tatah Godwin Y.²³⁴¹⁰,Mbassi Hubert Désiré Awa⁵¹¹,Njamnshi Alfred K.²³⁴⁵^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Department of Neurology Jordan Medical Services Yaoundé Cameroon

2. Brain Research Africa Initiative (BRAIN) Yaoundé Cameroon

3. Brain Research Africa Initiative (BRAIN) Geneva Switzerland

4. Department of Neurology Yaoundé Central Hospital Yaoundé Cameroon

5. Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences The University of Yaoundé I Yaoundé Cameroon

6. Department of Radiology Jordan Medical Services Yaoundé Cameroon

7. Department of Cardiology Jordan Medical Services Yaoundé Cameroon

8. Department of Neurology Ebolowa Regional Hospital Ebolowa Cameroon

9. Department of Neurology Yaoundé Military Hospital Yaoundé Cameroon

10. Department of Neurology CH Saint‐Nazaire Saint‐Nazaire France

11. Chantal Biya Foundation MCC Yaoundé Cameroon

Abstract

AbstractThis case suggests that clinicians should consider seizures as a differential diagnosis of paroxystic cough with loss of consciousness. Focal cortical dysplasia should equally be screened for with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans even in adults with epilepsy in sub‐Saharan Africa.

Publisher

Wiley

Subject

General Medicine

Link

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ccr3.7093

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