Cause of seizures: Lungs, not the brain

Hyponatremia is a common electrolyte abnormality but is usually asymptomatic and is often neglected. We present case of a 22-year-old diabetic male who presented with generalized tonic clonic seizures which was later found to be a consequence of hyponatremia. Further investigation unravels the prese...

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Autores principales: Aggarwal, Amitesh, Sharma, Vishal, Rajpal, Surendra, Dwivedi, Shridhar
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2011
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3099516/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21654991
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.76306
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author Aggarwal, Amitesh
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description Hyponatremia is a common electrolyte abnormality but is usually asymptomatic and is often neglected. We present case of a 22-year-old diabetic male who presented with generalized tonic clonic seizures which was later found to be a consequence of hyponatremia. Further investigation unravels the presence of SIADH which was eventually found to be due to the consolidation of the left lingual lobe of lung. This case emphasizes the need for a thorough workup to identify the etiology of hyponatremia as it may unmask a treatable entity.
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spelling pubmed-30995162011-06-08 Cause of seizures: Lungs, not the brain Aggarwal, Amitesh Sharma, Vishal Rajpal, Surendra Dwivedi, Shridhar Lung India Case Report Hyponatremia is a common electrolyte abnormality but is usually asymptomatic and is often neglected. We present case of a 22-year-old diabetic male who presented with generalized tonic clonic seizures which was later found to be a consequence of hyponatremia. Further investigation unravels the presence of SIADH which was eventually found to be due to the consolidation of the left lingual lobe of lung. This case emphasizes the need for a thorough workup to identify the etiology of hyponatremia as it may unmask a treatable entity. Medknow Publications 2011 /pmc/articles/PMC3099516/ /pubmed/21654991 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.76306 Text en © Lung India http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Licence, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3099516/
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