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An Unusual Cause of Frequent, Sudden, Transient, Unexplained Falls and New-Onset Status Epilepticus: Case Report and Mini-Review.
- Source :
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Clinical pediatrics [Clin Pediatr (Phila)] 2018 Feb; Vol. 57 (2), pp. 173-179. Date of Electronic Publication: 2017 Apr 19. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- We report a 14-year old adolescent Caucasian female, who presented with frequent, sudden, transient, and unexplained falls leading to multiple serious injuries to her head and extremities requiring several visits to the emergency department. She was evaluated numerous times and imaging studies, echocardiogram, electrocardiogram, and electroencephalogram studies were all normal. She eventually presented to outside emergency department with dystonic posturing and status epilepticus and was transferred to our pediatric intensive care unit for further management. She was diagnosed with an uncommon, underrecognized and underdiagnosed condition. To our knowledge there is no such previous report in a pediatric patient.
- Subjects :
- Adolescent
Diagnosis, Differential
Electroencephalography methods
Encephalitis complications
Encephalitis diagnostic imaging
Encephalitis therapy
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Hashimoto Disease complications
Hashimoto Disease diagnostic imaging
Hashimoto Disease therapy
Humans
Intensive Care Units, Pediatric
Magnetic Resonance Angiography methods
Magnetic Resonance Imaging methods
Rare Diseases
Risk Assessment
Seizures diagnosis
Seizures therapy
Severity of Illness Index
Status Epilepticus complications
Status Epilepticus diagnostic imaging
Status Epilepticus therapy
Accidental Falls statistics & numerical data
Encephalitis diagnosis
Hashimoto Disease diagnosis
Multimodal Imaging
Status Epilepticus diagnosis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1938-2707
- Volume :
- 57
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Clinical pediatrics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 28420263
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/0009922817698805