A Case of Tuberculous Meningitis with Tuberculoma in Nonimmunocompromised Immigrant by Parth Rali, Hammad Arshad, Eric Bihler

“…We present a case of tuberculous (TB) meningitis in nonimmunocompromised immigrant worker who initially presented with headache and later with generalized tonic clonic seizures and disseminated tuberculosis.…”
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Status Epilepticus due to Intraperitoneal Injection of Vehicle Containing Propylene Glycol in Sprague Dawley Rats by Evon S. Ereifej, Seth M. Meade, Cara S. Smith, Keying Chen, Nanette Kleinman, Jeffrey R. Capadona

“…We report here a case of unexpected seizures in Sprague Dawley rats after receiving an intraperitoneal injection containing propylene glycol. …”
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Psychogenic Polydipsia: The Result, or Cause of, Deteriorating Psychotic Symptoms? A Case Report of the Consequences of Water Intoxication by Melissa Gill, MacDara McCauley

“…In this case, psychogenic polydipsia led to significant hyponatraemia, cerebral oedema, and tonic-clonic seizures. Differential diagnoses for hyponatraemia are outlined. …”
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The Discrepancy of ANA and Compartment Bead Patterns Suggestive of a Neuropsychiatry Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (NPSLE) by Munawaroh Fitriah, Lita Diah Rahmawati, Indah Adhita Wulanda, Hani Susianti, Betty Agustina Tambunan

“…An Indonesian female, 44 years old, complained of two times seizures with 10-min duration, which during seizures were stiff, eyes rolled up, foaming at the mouth, wet the bed, and fainting afterward. …”
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Symptomatic Hypoglycemia Related to Inappropriately High IGF-II Serum Levels in a Patient with Desmoplastic Small Round Cell Tumor by Williams Fernandes Barra, Gilberto Castro, Ana Oliveira Hoff, Sheila A. C. Siqueira, Paulo M. Hoff

“…Six months after diagnosis, he developed severe hypoglycemia presented with seizures. He received intravenous glucose infusion and hydrocortisone with poor glycemic control, but with seizures resolution. …”
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Using Electrocardiogram Signal Features and Heart Rate Variability to Predict Epileptic Attacks by Ying Jiang, Yuan Feng, Danni Lu, Lin Yang, Qun Zhang, Haiyan Yang, Ning Li

“…Since the increase in neuronal activity during an epileptic attack affects the voluntary nervous system, and the voluntary nervous system also affects the heart rate variability, it can be concluded that seizures can be predicted by monitoring heart rate variability. …”
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The lactate metabolism and protein lactylation in epilepsy by Xi Kuang, Shuang Chen, Qingmei Ye

“…Although current clinical treatments for seizures have advanced significantly, approximately 30% of patients with epilepsy remain unresponsive to medication, and the prevalence of epilepsy continues to rise. …”
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Idiopathic Gingival Hyperplasia: A Case Report with a 17-Year Followup by Bien Lai, Joseph Muenzer, Michael W. Roberts

“…This is a case report of a patient with idiopathic gingival hyperplasia and an undiagnosed genetic disorder that demonstrated static encephalopathy, mental retardation, developmental delay, seizures, hypotonia, and severe gingival hypertrophy. …”
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Melatonin in Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Analysis Using Modern Mathematical Modeling Methods by Justyna Paprocka, Marek Kijonka, Łukasz Boguszewicz, Maria Sokół

“…For the TSC group, though a small one, the variations in the MLT release amplitudes seem to be independent of the total number of seizures; however, the MLT release shift appears to depend on the number of seizures.…”
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Cardiac and Systemic Thrombus Caused by Drug Abuse by John Eliveha, Shravani Vindhyal, Mohinder Vindhyal

“…Methamphetamine have been well established to cause elevated body temperature, irregular heartbeat, seizures, and heart disease. We present a case of ventricular thrombus with systemic emboli in a patient with dilated cardiomyopathy after methamphetamine use.…”
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Informal gold miners with mercury toxicity: Novel asymmetrical neurological presentations by J George, E Sadiq, I Moola, S Maharaj, A Mochan

“…Patient 1 presented with focal seizures, an asymmetrical cerebellar syndrome and an acute encephalopathy. …”
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Mechanistic insight of curcumin: a potential pharmacological candidate for epilepsy by Saima Khatoon, Nida Kalam

“…Recurrent spontaneous seizures with an extended epileptic discharge are the hallmarks of epilepsy. …”
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Lamotrigine-Valproic Acid Interaction Leading to Stevens–Johnson Syndrome by Marta Vázquez, Cecilia Maldonado, Natalia Guevara, Andrea Rey, Pietro Fagiolino, Antonella Carozzi, Carlos Azambuja

“…Lamotrigine (LTG) is currently indicated as adjunctive therapy for focal and generalized tonic-clonic seizures and for treatment of bipolar disorder and neuropathic pain. …”
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Evolution of Cerebral Atrophy in a Patient with Super Refractory Status Epilepticus Treated with Barbiturate Coma by Christopher R. Newey, Pravin George, Premkumar Nattanmai, Christine Ahrens, Stephen Hantus, Aarti Sarwal

“…A 19-year-old male with a prior history of epilepsy presented with focal clonic seizures. His seizures were refractory to multiple anticonvulsants and eventually required pentobarbital coma for 62 days and midazolam coma for 33 days. …”
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Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis in a Patient with Previous Psychosis and Neurological Abnormalities: A Diagnostic Challenge by R. David Heekin, Maria C. Catalano, Alfred T. Frontera, Glenn Catalano

“…Neurological symptoms such as seizures, decreased responsiveness, dyskinesias, and other movement abnormalities and/or autonomic instability are frequently seen as well. …”
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Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome Associated with FOLFOX Chemotherapy by Luiz Carlos Porcello Marrone, Bianca Fontana Marrone, Tharick Ali Pascoal, Lucas Porcello Schilling, Ricardo Bernardi Soder, Sheila Schuch Ferreira, Giovani Gadonski, Jaderson Costa da Costa

“…Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) is a clinicoradiologic entity characterized by headaches, altered mental status, seizures, visual loss, and characteristic imaging pattern in brain MRI. …”
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Valproate Induced Hypertensive Urgency by Mauran Sivananthan, Sarah Mohiuddin

“…Valproate is a medication used in the treatment of seizures, bipolar disorder, migraines, and behavioral problems. …”
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A rare case of brain hemorrhage secondary to venous angioma in the right parietal lobe: case report and literature review by Juan Manuel Altamirano, Karla Salinas-Barboza, Eduardo Lopez-Ortiz, Luis Miguel Alfonso Fernandez-Gutiérrez

“…However, in rare cases, they can present with headaches, seizures, and even hemorrhages. This report highlights a rare case of a brain hemorrhage secondary to a venous angioma in the right parietal lobe without the common association with a cavernoma. …”
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A Case Report and Literature Review of Pseudo-TORCH Syndrome Type 2 (PTORCH2) by Rami A. Misk, Lama Qawasme, Fawzy M. Abunejma, Bahaa Ibrahim Abu Rahma, Ehab Mohammad Abuawwad, Raja Imad Abu Iram, Abdulrahman Hussein Karaki, Tareq Z. Alzughayyar, Jihad Samer Zalloum

“…A pseudo-TORCH syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disease characterized by intracranial calcification and microcephaly, leading to spasticity and seizures, but the serology of TORCH infection is negative. …”
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Research on High-Frequency Combination Coding-Based SSVEP-BCIs and Its Signal Processing Algorithms by Feng Zhang, Chengcheng Han, Lili Li, Xin Zhang, Jun Xie, Yeping Li

“…The goal of this study is to increase the number of targets using fewer stimulation frequencies, with diminishing subject’s fatigue and reducing the risk of photosensitive epileptic seizures. This paper investigated the HFCC-SSVEP high-frequency response (beyond 25 Hz) for 3 frequencies (25 Hz, 33.33 Hz, and 40 Hz). …”
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