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Lateralized periodic discharges in insular status epilepticus: A case report of a periodic EEG pattern associated with ictal manifestation

Claudia CarrariniCamilla FerranteFedele DonoFrancesca AnzellottiMirella RussoMarco OnofrjVincenzo Di StefanoStefania Nanni

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Hypersalivationmedicine.medical_specialtyInsular epilepsyLPDs + FStatus epilepticusAudiologybehavioral disciplines and activitieslcsh:RC321-57103 medical and health sciencesEpilepsy0302 clinical medicinePhysiology (medical)AphasiaMedicineIctalPathologicallcsh:Neurosciences. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatrybusiness.industryBrain tumuor030208 emergency & critical care medicinemedicine.diseaseLobenervous system diseasesFocal status epilepticusmedicine.anatomical_structurenervous systemNeurologyClinical and Research ArticleSettore MED/26 - NeurologiaNeurology (clinical)medicine.symptomDifferential diagnosisbusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgery

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Highlights • Focal status epilepticus has to be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting with aphasia, even in the absence of previous history of epilepsy. • Aphasia can be a rare presenting sign of insular lobe epilepsy. • Lateralized periodic discharges could represent an EEG ictal pattern.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2019-01-01
10.1016/j.cnp.2019.01.002http://hdl.handle.net/10447/520416