New Onset Absence Status Epilepticus in Pregnancy: A Case Report
Onur Anil Mutlu, Bengi Gül Türk, Furkan Asan · 2024
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Onur Mutlu, Bengi Türk, and Furkan Asan report a rare seizure case in pregnancy in a paper from two thousand twenty-four. Absence status epilepticus is a long stretch of blank, unresponsive episodes driven by seizure activity. It can appear for the first time in adults with no prior epilepsy.
Their patient was a woman aged twenty-two, pregnant, with no history of seizures. She arrived with reduced speech and a puzzled state. A brain wave test showed continuous, whole-brain spike-wave patterns at a steady rhythm. She improved after a sedative and a seizure drug. The authors say this is the first reported case of this condition starting during pregnancy.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Onur Anil Mutlu, Bengi Gül Türk, Furkan Asan |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 10 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |