Non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE): clinical features
Written and reviewed by Dr Ibrahim Imam, Consultant Neurologist. Last reviewed .
Non-convulsive status epilepticus (NCSE): clinical features. Amnesia, Confusion and delirium, Confabulation, Neglect. Fully referenced neurology checklist.
Impaired higher brain function
- Amnesia
- Confusion and delirium
- Confabulation
- Neglect
- Impaired body schema
- Cortical blindness
- Fluctuating mental state
- Coma
- Dementia
Impaired speech and language
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Psychiatric features
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Movement disorders
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Automatisms and autonomic features
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Other neurological features
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References
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- Nagayama M, Yang S, Geocadin RG, et al. Novel clinical features of nonconvulsive status epilepticus. F1000Res 2017; 6:1690.
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- Quintas S, Ródriguez-Carrillo JC, Toledano R, et al. When aphasia is due to aphasic status epilepticus: a diagnostic challenge. Neurol Sci 2017; doi: 10.1007/s10072-017-3218-9 (Epub ahead of print).
- Flügel D, Kim OC, Felbecker A, Tettenborn B. De novo status epilepticus with isolated aphasia. Epilepsy Behav 2015; 49:198-202.
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