A case of post‐leptospirosis autoimmune epilepsy presenting with sleep‐related hypermotor seizures. Issue 4 (26th January 2018)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Makhija, Prashant; Gopinath, Siby; Kannoth, Sudheeran; Radhakrishnan, Kurupath
• Is Part Of: Epileptic disorders. Volume 19:Issue 4(2017)
• Page Start: 456
• Page End: 460
• Publication Date: 2018-01-26
• Subjects: autoimmune encephalitis -- autoimmune epilepsy -- leptospirosis -- sleep‐related hypermotor seizures; Epilepsy -- Periodicals; 616.853
• DOI: 10.1684/epd.2017.0941
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1294-9361

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This video‐illustrated case report concerns a 49‐year‐old woman who presented with sleep‐related hypermotor seizures. The antecedent history of leptospirosis, high frequency of new‐onset seizures, presence of an unclassified anti‐neuronal antibody, and dramatic response to steroids strongly supported post‐infectious immune‐mediated pathogenesis in our patient. To the best of our knowledge, post‐leptospirosis autoimmune epilepsy presenting as sleep‐related hypermotor seizures has not hitherto been reported. [ Published with video sequence on www.epilepticdisorders.com ].