NONCONVULSIVE STATUS EPILEPTICUS IN PATIENTS WITH LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS
https://doi.org/10.17749/2077-8333.2016.8.4.074-083
Abstract
Limbic encephalitis (LE) may be manifested by non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE). Two clinical cases of LE presenting with NCSE, one of them with a background ovarian theratoma, and the value of electroencephalographic triphasic and delta-beta waves in diagnosis of LE, are discussed in this paper. Course of glucocorticoid pulse-therapy, complimented by long-term regiment of valproic acid, is shown as a successful treatment modality for LE with NCSV.
About the Authors
M. A. Sherman
Kirov State Medical University
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
PhD, the curator of the neurological clinic service,
ul. Karla Marksa, 112, Kirov, 610027
I. V. Ardashev
Kirov City Clinical Hospital №1
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
physician, neurology department,
ul. Popova, 41, Kirov, 610014
I. V. Ponomareva
Regional Clinical Hospital №4
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
PhD, head of the Department of neurology,
prosp. Pobedy, 376v, Chelyabinsk, 354000
H. Sherman
Sourasky Medical Center,
Tel-Aviv University
Israel
Israel
MD, physician at Orthopedic Department,
affiliated to Sackler School of Medicine,
6 Weizmann St., Tel-Aviv, 642396
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Sherman M.A., Ardashev I.V., Ponomareva I.V., Sherman H. NONCONVULSIVE STATUS EPILEPTICUS IN PATIENTS WITH LIMBIC ENCEPHALITIS. Epilepsy and paroxysmal conditions. 2016;8(4):74-83. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.17749/2077-8333.2016.8.4.074-083
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