Nonketotic hyperglycemia-related epileptic seizures

Epilepsy Behav Case Rep. 2013 May 24:1:77-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ebcr.2013.03.001. eCollection 2013.

Authors

Xuejian Wang¹, Hao Yu¹, Zhenhua Cai¹, Zhifeng Wang¹, Baojun Ma¹, Yi Zhang¹

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Nantong University, Nantong University, Nantong, Jiangsu 226363, PR China.

Abstract

Nonketotic hyperglycemia-related seizures (NKH) are rare. We report a case of NKH-related seizures in a patient following a traumatic brain injury.

Keywords: Epileptic seizures; Etiology; Nonketotic hyperglycemia; Partial seizures; Seizure.