Choking at Night : A Case of Opercular Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy
Joint Authors
Larsen, Paul
Rathore, Geetanjali
Parakh, Manish
Fernandez, Cristina
Source
Issue
Vol. 2013, Issue 2013 (31 Dec. 2013), pp.1-3, 3 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2013-12-05
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
3
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Frontal lobe seizures have a tendency to occur in sleep and in most cases occur exclusively insleep; these individuals are said to have nocturnal frontal lobe (NFLE).
NFLE can be difficult to distinguish clinically from various other sleep disorders, particularly parasomnias, which also present with paroxysmal motor activity in sleep.
Interictal and ictal EEG findings are frequently unremarkable or nonspecific in both parasomnias and NFLE making the diagnosis even more difficult.
Nocturnal epilepsy should be suspected in patients with paroxysmal events at night characterized by high frequency, repetition, extrapyramidal features, and marked stereotypy of attacks.
Here we present a 13-year-old female who was extensively worked up for choking episodes at night.
On repeat video EEG she was found to have frontal opercular seizures.
Once on Carbamazepine, her seizures completely resolved.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Rathore, Geetanjali& Larsen, Paul& Parakh, Manish& Fernandez, Cristina. 2013. Choking at Night : A Case of Opercular Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy. Case Reports in Pediatrics،Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-3.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Rathore, Geetanjali…[et al.]. Choking at Night : A Case of Opercular Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy. Case Reports in Pediatrics No. 2013 (2013), pp.1-3.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Rathore, Geetanjali& Larsen, Paul& Parakh, Manish& Fernandez, Cristina. Choking at Night : A Case of Opercular Nocturnal Frontal Lobe Epilepsy. Case Reports in Pediatrics. 2013. Vol. 2013, no. 2013, pp.1-3.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-484562
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-484562