Epileptic Disorders
MENUA case of post-leptospirosis autoimmune epilepsy presenting with sleep-related hypermotor seizures Volume 19, issue 4, December 2017
TEST YOURSELF
(1) Which of the following is not a characteristic feature of sleep-related hypermotor epilepsy?
A. Brief (<2-min) stereotyped motor events with abrupt onset and offset
B. Automotor seizures
C. Can occur during an awake state
D. Mostly frontal in origin
(2) Which of the following is not diagnostic of autoimmune epilepsy?
A. Recent and explosive onset of seizures (
B. Associated neurocognitive deficits and movement disorders
C. Good response to immune therapy
D. Good response to antiepileptic drugs
(3) Which of the following is not a common neurological manifestation of leptospirosis?
A. Aseptic meningitis
B. Meningoencephalitis and myelitis
C. Trigeminal neuralgia
D. Guillain-Barre syndrome
E. Mononeuritis multiplex
Answers
(1) B.
(2) D.
(3) C.