A presumed case of new-onset focal seizures as a delayed complication of COVID-19 infection.
Epilepsy Behav Rep
; 16: 100447, 2021.
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in English
| MEDLINE | ID: covidwho-1205124
ABSTRACT
Previously seizures have been reported as presenting neurological manifestation with COVID-19 infection. There is a growing literature on the delayed neurologic effects of COVID-19 infection. Here, we report a case with insidious onset of focal impaired awareness seizures associated with left temporal epileptiform interictal and ictal discharges consistent with focal epilepsy; occurring within a short time frame of the diagnosis of COVID-19 infection. This may be possibly a post COVID-19 inflammatory syndrome manifesting as new onset focal epilepsy with focal non-motor seizures with impaired awareness. As implicated by presentation with seizure as in our case, longterm follow-up studies are warranted to further investigate if the patients who acquire COVID-19 infection are at increased risk of developing epilepsy as a delayed manifestation.
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Long Covid
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English
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Epilepsy Behav Rep
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2021
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