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SUBMITTER: Illan-Gala I
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4475785 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Illán-Gala Ignacio I Díaz de Terán Francisco Javier FJ Alonso Pablo P Aguilar-Amat María-José MJ
Epilepsy & behavior case reports 20150605
Nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) can be triggered by metabolic disturbances and drugs in adults without previous epilepsy. We present the case of a 51-year-old woman without previous history of epilepsy and recently diagnosed with infiltrating lobular breast carcinoma. Following the administration of paclitaxel-cremophor, she presented a striking disinhibited behavior with episodic spatial disorientation, emotional indifference, and irritability. Urgent EEG was consistent with NCSE. Clini ...[more]