Treatment of complex partial status epilepticus unmasking acute intermittent porphyria in a patient with resected anaplastic glioma

M L Yandel; M R Watters

doi:10.1016/0303-8467(95)00051-k

Treatment of complex partial status epilepticus unmasking acute intermittent porphyria in a patient with resected anaplastic glioma

Clin Neurol Neurosurg. 1995 Aug;97(3):261-3. doi: 10.1016/0303-8467(95)00051-k.

Authors

M L Yandel¹, M R Watters

Affiliation

¹ Department of Medicine, Tripler Army Medical Center, Honolulu, HI 96859, USA.

PMID: 7586862
DOI: 10.1016/0303-8467(95)00051-k

Abstract

We report a 42-year-old woman with an established complex partial seizure disorder, who presented in refractory complex partial status epilepticus, the treatment of which with lorazepam, phenytoin, carbamazepine, and pentobarbital precipitated an attack of acute intermittent porphyria (AIP). The subsequent clinical course and management with gabapentin is discussed.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Anticonvulsants / administration & dosage
Anticonvulsants / adverse effects*
Brain Neoplasms / surgery*
Delirium / etiology
Diagnosis, Differential
Epilepsy, Complex Partial / drug therapy*
Female
Frontal Lobe / surgery
Glioblastoma / surgery*
Humans
Porphyria, Acute Intermittent / chemically induced*
Postoperative Complications / drug therapy*
Status Epilepticus / drug therapy*
Temporal Lobe / surgery

Substances

Anticonvulsants