Ketotic hyperglycemia and epilepsia partialis continua
- 14 August 2001
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Neurology
- Vol. 57 (3), 534-537
- https://doi.org/10.1212/wnl.57.3.534
Abstract
Epilepsia partialis continua (EPC) may occur during nonketotic hyperglycemia but has not been described with diabetic ketoacidosis. The authors report a patient with EPC associated with ketotic hyperglycemia. Brain MRI showed two areas of abnormal signal intensity in the left precentral gyrus and in the right cerebellar hemisphere. Hyperglycemia may reduce seizure threshold because of the increase in γ-aminobutyric acid metabolism and may trigger epileptic discharges.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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