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Case Reports
. 2017 Sep 28:9:49-50.
doi: 10.1016/j.ebcr.2017.09.003. eCollection 2018.

Postictal neurogenic pulmonary edema: Case report and brief literature review

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Postictal neurogenic pulmonary edema: Case report and brief literature review

Oscar Mauricio Romero Osorio et al. Epilepsy Behav Case Rep. .

Abstract

Cardiopulmonary complications associated with epilepsy are generally associated with generalized tonic-clonic seizures, as a consequence of systemic adrenergic discharge and release of inflammatory mediators. We present a case of a 34-year-old woman with a history of Focal epilepsy since adolescence, who presented self-limited pulmonary edema following a focal to bilateral tonic-clonic seizure with subsequent resolution of the symptoms. We also made a brief review of neurogenic pulmonary edema, its proposed pathophysiology, treatment and its relation with sudden unexpected death in epilepsy (SUDEP).

Keywords: Focal to bilateral tonic–clonic seizure; Neurogenic pulmonary edema; Temporal lobe epilepsy.

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CT angiogram demonstrating bilateral pulmonary edema.

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