DOAJ Open Access 2021

A presumed case of new-onset focal seizures as a delayed complication of COVID-19 infection

Sihyeong Park Haroon Majoka Ajaz Sheikh Imran Ali

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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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Neurology. Diseases of the nervous system Neurophysiology and neuropsychology

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Sihyeong Park

Haroon Majoka

Ajaz Sheikh

Imran Ali

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Park, S., Majoka, H., Sheikh, A., Ali, I. (2021). A presumed case of new-onset focal seizures as a delayed complication of COVID-19 infection. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ebr.2021.100447

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Tahun Terbit: 2021
Sumber Database: DOAJ
DOI: 10.1016/j.ebr.2021.100447
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