Complications from Seizures During Video-EEG Monitoring
Continuous video-EEG monitoring (VEM) remains the preferred diagnostic tool to classify seizure-like events and is often the first step in epilepsy surgery evaluation process. Hospital admissions for VEM are typically limited to a few days to capture the
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Epilepsy Case Studies
William O. Tatum • Joseph I. Sirven Gregory D. Cascino Editors
Epilepsy Case Studies Pearls for Patient Care Second Edition
Editors William O. Tatum Mayo Clinic Department of Neurology Jacksonville, FL USA
Joseph I. Sirven Mayo Clinic Department of Neurology Jacksonville, FL USA
Gregory D. Cascino Mayo Clinic Department of Neurology Rochester, MN USA
ISBN 978-3-030-59077-2 ISBN 978-3-030-59078-9 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59078-9 © Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors, and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Springer imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
This book is dedicated to our patients and their families who have taught us so much about epilepsy and about life. DKWILY
Foreword
What can we learn from the stories about a single patient with epilepsy? Consider the case of a young reporter who experienced “a month of madness” and was ultimately discovered to have anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis that uncovered the importance of autoimmune epilepsies. Consider genetics and rare diseases that have come to define populations with limited number of patients. Consider the impact from the unfortunate experience when a patient ultimately succumbs to epilepsy suddenly and unexpectedly is then impossible to “study” given ethical constraints and finality of the process. Consider the patient who has a rare disorder and epilepsy, experiences a rare side-effect, or becomes seizure-free with their ninth antiseizure medication (ASM). Or when surgery becomes successful after failure of the same ASM usage. Consider the one case of Henry Molaison (“H.M.”), who underwent bilateral temporal lobe surgery for drug-resistant epilepsy, and how this changed all subsequent surgeries from that ti
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