Partial motor status epilepticus

• Main Authors: Gilberto Rebello de Mattos, José C. Rollemberg Filho
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Academia Brasileira de Neurologia (ABNEURO) 1992-09-01
• Series: Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
• Subjects: epilepsia; status epileptieus motor parcial; fechamento dos olhos
• Online Access: http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-282X1992000300023&lng=en&tlng=en
• ISSN: 1678-4227

We report the case of a young female patient with photosensitive primary epilepsy who presented partial motor status epilepticus provoked by the act of shutting the eyes. Clinical, EEG and neuroimage data are presented and discussed.