1. [Epilepsy, vertigo, dizziness, headache, emesis as neurological manifestation in a Giteleman's Sindrome case].
- Author
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Delsere M, Campogiani V, Carletti V, Mancini S, Piccinini N, Castelli P, and Sopranzi F
- Subjects
- Aged, Dizziness etiology, Epilepsy etiology, Female, Gitelman Syndrome complications, Headache etiology, Humans, Nervous System Diseases etiology, Vertigo etiology, Vomiting etiology, Gitelman Syndrome diagnosis
- Abstract
We report the case of a woman presenting the recent onset of multiple seizure and epilepsy episodes combined with other neurological symptoms (e.g. vertigo, dizziness, vomiting, headache). She was resistant to antiepileptic and symptomatic therapy, having been first admitted to the neurology ward and subsequently to the general medicine ward. In this case, several patient assessments and imaging exams were not conclusive evidence of specific etiopathogenesis, or definitive neurological illness; however, the patient showed laboratory indexes compatible with Gitelmans Syndrome. The correction of the electrolytic imbalances of tubulopathy (including low magnesium and potassium levels) led to the progressive improvement of clinical manifestations and the eventual interruption of the antiepileptic therapy.
- Published
- 2015