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Case Reports
. 2021 Dec 6;5(2):85-87.
doi: 10.1002/iju5.12399. eCollection 2022 Mar.

Status epilepticus in a patient with intractable epilepsy caused by renal colic due to a ureter stone

Koei Torii  1 , Yosuke Ikegami  1   2 , Maria Aoki  1 , Taiki Kato  1 , Takashi Hamakawa  3 , Tetsuji Maruyama  1 , Takahiro Yasui  4
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Status epilepticus in a patient with intractable epilepsy caused by renal colic due to a ureter stone

Koei Torii et al. IJU Case Rep. .

Abstract

Introduction: Epilepsy has a variety of seizure-inducing factors. Epileptic seizures caused by renal colic are extremely rare.

Case presentation: A 22-year-old woman with intractable epilepsy was brought to our hospital as an emergency case, because of vomiting and status epilepticus. She had implanted a vagus nerve stimulator in the left anterior chest at the age of 20 years. Computed tomography showed a ureter stone in the right distal ureter. On the second day of hospitalization, ureteroscopic lithotripsy was performed under general anesthesia. The patient's seizures were controlled to a frequency of once a month or less in the four months after discharge.

Conclusion: We encountered a rare case of the frequency of status epilepticus increased by renal colic due to a ureter stone. Ureteroscopic lithotripsy was effective in controlling the frequency of status epilepticus increased by renal colic.

Keywords: renal colic; seizure‐inducing factors; status epilepticus; ureter stone; ureteroscopic lithotripsy.

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Abdominal unenhanced computed tomography demonstrates (a) hydronephrosis and (b) ureteral stone in the right distal ureter (white arrows).
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