Epilepsia partialis continua (EPC): causes

Evidence-based neurology checklist on epilepsia partialis continua (epc): causes: Autoimmune and inflammatory Rasmussen encephalitis Autoimmune encephalitis Paraneoplastic encephalitis Autoimmune thyroiditis Multiple sclerosis (MS) rarely Anti MOG antibody disease Infectious Mitochondrial diseases…

Autoimmune and inflammatory

  • Rasmussen encephalitis
  • Autoimmune encephalitis
  • Paraneoplastic encephalitis
  • Autoimmune thyroiditis
  • Multiple sclerosis (MS) rarely
  • Anti MOG antibody disease

Infectious

Mitochondrial diseases

Other neurological causes

Metabolic causes

Others

Acronyms

References

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  4. Seth V, Kushwaha S, Gupta C, Bapat P, R K. Epilepsia partialis continua as the presenting feature of anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis in a young male. Neurol Sci 2021; 42:3911-3913.
  5. Paredes-Aragón EM, Valdéz-Ruvalcaba HE, Santos-Peyret A, et al. Continuous visual focal status epilepticus as the primary presentation of NMDA-R and GAD65-R autoimmune epilepsy. Front Neurol 2020; 11:598974. 
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