Focal epileptic seizure induced by transient hypoglycaemia in insulin-treated diabetes

Epileptic Disorders - Tập 12 - Trang 84-87 - 2010
Leonardo Lapenta1,2, Carlo Di Bonaventura1, Jinane Fattouch1, Francesca Bonini1, Simona Petrucci1, Silvia Gagliardi1, Sara Casciato1, Mario Manfredi1,3, Massimiliano Prencipe1, Anna Teresa Giallonardo1
1Department of Neurological Sciences, Policlinico Umberto I, Rome, Italy
2Department of Neurological Sciences, University of Rome, Rome, Italy
3Neuromed Institute of Pozzilli IRCSS, “Sapienza” University of Rome, Rome, Italy

Tóm tắt

Hypoglycaemia, common in diabetic patients treated with insulin, can induce various neurological disturbances. Of these, seizures are the most common acute symptom, mainly of the generalised tonic-clonic type, with focal events only exceptionally being reported and documented. Hypoglycaemia can modify cortical excitability by determining an imbalance between excitation and inhibition; some brain structures, such as the temporal lobe and hippocampus, appear to be particularly susceptible to this insult. We describe a case of a 61-year-old diabetic patient in whom insulin-induced transient hypoglycaemia triggered a focal seizure of temporal origin that was well documented by EEG during 24-hour ambulatory monitoring. This is, to our knowledge, one of the few, well-documented cases of this type of seizure.

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