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Occipital seizures may result in visual deficits and may be an ictal or postictal phenomenon. A 71-year-old woman underwent pancreatoduodenectomy (Whipple procedure). During recovery in the postanesthesia care unit, the patient complained of blindness. Upon transfer to the intensive care unit, an electroencephalogram indicated bilateral occipital and hemispheric seizure activity. The patient was treated with antiseizure medication, and vision normalized within 3 days. Subtherapeutic concentration of free phenytoin was confirmed. Our experience suggests that electroencephalogram evaluation should be considered in the workup of postoperative patients who present with acute-onset blindness and in whom the cause remains ambiguous even in the absence of obvious clinical signs of seizures.
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Cegueira/etiologia , Eletroencefalografia/métodos , Pancreaticoduodenectomia/efeitos adversos , Convulsões/diagnóstico , Idoso , Anticonvulsivantes/uso terapêutico , Feminino , Humanos , Convulsões/tratamento farmacológico , Convulsões/etiologia , Fatores de Tempo , Resultado do TratamentoRESUMO
Chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy is a debilitating side effect of chemotherapy, which manifests as paresthesias, dysesthesias, and numbness in the hands and feet. Numerous chemoprotective agents and treatments have been used with limited success to treat chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy. We report a case in which a patient presenting with chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy received an IV lidocaine infusion over the course of 60 minutes with complete symptomatic pain relief for a prolonged period of 2 weeks.
