Volume 24, Issue 105, September - October, 2020

Status epilepticus presenting feature of pulmonary embolism: Rarest of rare combination

Charan Bagga^1♦, Iftekhar Ansari¹, Amrutha Garikapathi¹, Irshadvs, Srinivas Naik¹, Sachin Agrawal², Sunil Kumar³

¹Post Graduate Resident, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru medical college, DattaMeghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
²Professor, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru medical college, DattaMeghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India
³Professor and Head, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru medical college, DattaMeghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India

^♦Corresponding author
Post Graduate Resident, Department of Medicine, Jawaharlal Nehru medical college, DattaMeghe Institute of Medical Sciences (Deemed to be University), Wardha, Maharashtra, India; Email: drcharanbagga@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Generalized seizures secondary to underlying pulmonary embolisim is rare phenomenon. Pulmonary embolism is a significant cause of mortality due to difficulty in diagnosis especially in absence of any obvious clues, as its presentation ranges from symptomless to sudden death. Here by presenting a case of 49-year-old male who presented with continuous episodes of generalized tonic clonic seizure for 30 minutes, due to pulmonary embolism associated with Hyperhomocysteinemia.

Keywords: Seizure, Pulmonary embolism, Hyperhomocysteinemia

Medical Science, 2020, 24(105), 3277-3280

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