Late-Onset Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy Manifesting With De Novo Late-Onset Absence Status Epilepticus After COVID-19 Infection: A Case Report
Mao Otake, Go Taniguchi, Hideo Kato, Yuichiro Fuji, Chihiro Nakata, Eiji Nakagawa · 2024
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Mao Otake and five co-authors report, in a 2024 case study, a woman in her 40s whose epilepsy began late in life after a mild COVID-19 infection. She had a tonic-clonic seizure ten days after the infection. Electroencephalography, or EEG, showed persistent spike-wave complexes across the brain at 3 to 5.5 Hz, consistent with absence status epilepticus.
She was first treated with levetiracetam at 1,000 mg per day, but she had three further seizures of the same kind. Long-term video EEG monitoring then led to a diagnosis of late-onset idiopathic generalized epilepsy. A combination of valproic acid and lamotrigine kept her free of seizures for over a year. Her EEG still showed persistent spike-wave activity, which the authors link to lasting inflammation in the brain. They stress that EEG remains essential for recording this activity in outpatient care.
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| CREATOR | Mao Otake, Go Taniguchi, Hideo Kato, Yuichiro Fuji, Chihiro Nakata, Eiji Nakagawa |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 16 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |