Seizure frequency can be reduced by changing intracranial pressure: A case report in drug-resistant epilepsy()

A relationship between seizures and intracranial pressure (ICP) has been proposed, but not clearly identified. Whether changes in ICP can evoke seizures remains controversial. We report the case of a 23-year-old man who had undergone shunt surgery in childhood and later presented with focal impaired...

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Autores principales: Uchida, Daiki, Fujimoto, Ayataka, Yamazoe, Tomohiro, Yamamoto, Takamichi, Enoki, Hideo
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Publicado: Elsevier 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6063982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30062085
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebcr.2017.12.005
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author Uchida, Daiki
Fujimoto, Ayataka
Yamazoe, Tomohiro
Yamamoto, Takamichi
Enoki, Hideo
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description A relationship between seizures and intracranial pressure (ICP) has been proposed, but not clearly identified. Whether changes in ICP can evoke seizures remains controversial. We report the case of a 23-year-old man who had undergone shunt surgery in childhood and later presented with focal impaired awareness seizures and behavior arrest. Seizures were uncontrolled despite 3 years of pharmacotherapy, but suddenly stopped after shunt removal. Our case supports the hypothesis that drug-resistant epilepsy can be influenced by changes in ICP. In particular, this case indicates that elevations in ICP may help reduce some seizures.
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spelling pubmed-60639822018-07-30 Seizure frequency can be reduced by changing intracranial pressure: A case report in drug-resistant epilepsy() Uchida, Daiki Fujimoto, Ayataka Yamazoe, Tomohiro Yamamoto, Takamichi Enoki, Hideo Epilepsy Behav Case Rep Article A relationship between seizures and intracranial pressure (ICP) has been proposed, but not clearly identified. Whether changes in ICP can evoke seizures remains controversial. We report the case of a 23-year-old man who had undergone shunt surgery in childhood and later presented with focal impaired awareness seizures and behavior arrest. Seizures were uncontrolled despite 3 years of pharmacotherapy, but suddenly stopped after shunt removal. Our case supports the hypothesis that drug-resistant epilepsy can be influenced by changes in ICP. In particular, this case indicates that elevations in ICP may help reduce some seizures. Elsevier 2018-01-10 /pmc/articles/PMC6063982/ /pubmed/30062085 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebcr.2017.12.005 Text en © 2018 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Uchida, Daiki
Fujimoto, Ayataka
Yamazoe, Tomohiro
Yamamoto, Takamichi
Enoki, Hideo
Seizure frequency can be reduced by changing intracranial pressure: A case report in drug-resistant epilepsy()
title Seizure frequency can be reduced by changing intracranial pressure: A case report in drug-resistant epilepsy()
title_full Seizure frequency can be reduced by changing intracranial pressure: A case report in drug-resistant epilepsy()
title_fullStr Seizure frequency can be reduced by changing intracranial pressure: A case report in drug-resistant epilepsy()
title_full_unstemmed Seizure frequency can be reduced by changing intracranial pressure: A case report in drug-resistant epilepsy()
title_short Seizure frequency can be reduced by changing intracranial pressure: A case report in drug-resistant epilepsy()
title_sort seizure frequency can be reduced by changing intracranial pressure: a case report in drug-resistant epilepsy()
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6063982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30062085
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebcr.2017.12.005
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