Intracranial hypotension masquerading as nonconvulsive status epilepticus: Report of 3 cases

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 120, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 624-627

  Hedna, Vishnumurthy Shushrutha ^a   Kumar, Abhay ^b   Miller, Bayard ^a   Bidari, Sharathchandra ^a   Salardini, Arash ^a   Waters, Michael F ^a   Hella, Maria ^a   Valenstein, Edward ^a   Eisenschenk, Stephan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Intracranial hypotension; Nonconvulsive status epilepticus

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; ETIRACETAM; FOSPHENYTOIN SODIUM; INFUSION FLUID; PENTOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PATCH; BLURRED VISION; BRAIN PSEUDOTUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID PRESSURE; DECUBITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPTIC DISCHARGE; EPILEPTIC STATE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD INJURY; HEADACHE; HERNIA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE MONITORING; LEFT THIRD CRANIAL NERVE PALSY; LIQUORRHEA; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MENTAL HEALTH; MICROVASCULAR DECOMPRESSION; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE PARALYSIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROSURGERY; NONCONVULSIVE STATUS EPILEPTICUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SUBDURAL HEMATOMA; THALAMUS VENTRAL NUCLEUS; TRIGEMINUS NEURALGIA; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VOMITING;

AGED; ANTICONVULSANTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPOTENSION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; STATUS EPILEPTICUS;

EID: 84895501004     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2013.7.JNS112308     Document Type: Article

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