TY - JOUR
TI - Area-selective stimulus-provoked seizures in post-anoxic coma
AU - Gatzonis, SD
AU - Zournas, C
AU - Michalopoulos, A
AU - Prapas, S and
AU - Argentos, S
AU - Geroulanos, S
JO - SEIZURE-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPILEPSY
PY - 2001
VL - 10
TODO - 4
SP - 294-297
PB - W B SAUNDERS CO LTD
SN - null
TODO - 10.1053/seiz.2000.0493
TODO - post-anoxic coma; hemiconvulsive seizures; stimulus-sensitive seizures;
electroencephalography; encephalopathy
TODO - We describe the case of a 70-year-old patient in whom hemiconvulsive
seizures occurred during metabolic derangement, multiple stroke and
post-anoxic coma following cardiac arrest.
We employed the methods of clinical and EEG evaluation and CT brain
scan.
We found that hemiconvulsive seizures were provoked following a light
tactile stimulus in the left-trigeminal area and occasionally a strong
tapping in the right-trigeminal area.
We conclude that this type of stimulus-provoked seizure is extremely
rare and could be explained by diffuse and severe brain damage. (C) 2001
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