Non‐convulsive status epilepticus characterised exclusively by a language disorder induced by non‐ketotic hyperglycaemia
- 1 June 2011
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Wiley in Epileptic Disorders
- Vol. 13 (2), 193-196
- https://doi.org/10.1684/epd.2011.0425
Abstract
Non-ketotic hyperglycaemia is an endocrine emergency characterised by elevated blood glucose levels and high plasma osmolarity. While hypoglycaemia-induced seizures are usually generalised, hyperglycaemia-induced seizures are often focal and secondary to the presence of brain lesions. Moreover, in the few studies in which language disorders of epileptic origin have been reported as a clinical manifestation of non-ketotic hyperglycaemia, the disorders were usually not isolated but were followed by partial motor seizures. We describe a patient who presented with non-convulsive partial status epilepticus and whose only sign was a fluctuating language disorder induced by non-ketotic hyperglycaemia. There were no accompanying brain lesions and the patient responded optimally to diazepam. Neurophysiological EEG evaluation was fundamental for the diagnosisThis publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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