Development of temporal lobe epilepsy during maintenance electroconvulsive therapy
A case of human kindling?
Caroline Schotte (University Hospital Leuven)
Evy Cleeren (University Hospital Leuven, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Karolien Goffin (University Hospital Leuven, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Borbala Hunyadi (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
Satya Buggenhout (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Koen Van Laere (University Hospital Leuven, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven)
Wim Van Paesschen (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, University Hospital Leuven)
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Abstract
We describe a patient with new-onset temporal lobe epilepsy during prolonged maintenance electroconvulsive therapy. We suggest a possible causal relationship with maintenance electroconvulsive therapy through electrical kindling of the temporal lobe.
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