Temporal lobe malacia as a rare cause of gelastic seizure:A case report
作者机构：Department of NeurologyThe Second Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Traditional Chinese Medical UniversityFuzhou 350003Fujian ProvinceChina
出 版 物：《World Journal of Clinical Cases》 (世界临床病例杂志)
年 卷 期：2024年第12卷第20期
页 面：4440-4445页
学科分类：1002[医学-临床医学] 100201[医学-内科学(含：心血管病、血液病、呼吸系病、消化系病、内分泌与代谢病、肾病、风湿病、传染病)] 10[医学]
基 金：the Natural Science Foundation of the Fujian Province No.2021J01876
主 题：Epilepsy Gelastic seizure Malacia Temporal lobe Cerebral ischemia Case report
摘 要：BACKGROUND Gelastic seizure(GS)is a rare type of epilepsy that most commonly appears in patients with hypothalamic *** is rarely associated with other types of brain *** particular type of epilepsy is relatively rare and has few links to other brain *** lobe malacia is mostly caused by cerebral infarction or cerebral hemorrhage,which can lead to *** report a case of GS in a woman with temporal lobe malacia which was reported for the first time in the *** SUMMARY A 73-year-old female,diagnosed case of GS,presented with repetitive stereotyped laughter a month prior to presentation,happening multiple times daily and with each time lasting for *** displayed a focal seizure seen in the right temporal *** resonance imaging head with contrast showed a right temporal lobe *** patient was started on levetiracetam *** patient indicated that they had fully recovered and were not experiencing any recurrent or stereotyped laughter during their daily *** results remained consistent even after a one-year follow-up *** GS can be caused by temporal lobe malacia,which is an uncommon but potentially grave *** outcome of this present case exhibited the importance of the temporal lobe in the genesis of GS.
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