Epilepsia partialis continua (EPC): causes
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Epilepsia partialis continua (EPC): causes. Rasmussen encephalitis, Autoimmune encephalitis. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Autoimmune and inflammatory
- Rasmussen encephalitis
- Autoimmune encephalitis
- Paraneoplastic encephalitis
- Autoimmune thyroiditis
- Multiple sclerosis (MS) rarely
- Anti MOG antibody disease
Infectious
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Mitochondrial diseases
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Other neurological causes
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Metabolic causes
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Others
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Acronyms
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References
- Mameniškienė R, Wolf P. Epilepsia partialis continua: a review. Seizure 2017; 44:74-80.
- Cockerell OC, Rothwell J, Thompson PD, Marsden CD, Shorvon SD. Clinical and physiological features of epilepsia partialis continua. Cases ascertained in the UK. Brain 1996; 119:393-407.
- Kravljanac R, Djuric M, Jovic N, Djordjevic M, Zamurovic D, Pekmezovic T. Etiology, clinical features and outcome of epilepsia partialis continua in cohort of 51 children. Epilepsy Res 2013; 104:112-117.
- 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.
- 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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