| T137 |
115-845 |
Sentence |
denotes |
There is a single case report of focal SE as a presenting manifestation in a patient with underlying postencephalitic epilepsy.8 A small case series of 7 patients with COVID-19 presenting with seizures, of which 4 had new-onset seizures, has been reported.9 A patient with COVID-19 related meningoencephalitis was reported to have generalized seizures lasting about a minute.7 One EEG-based case series demonstrates abnormalities seen in encephalopathic patients with COVID-19, including generalized slowing, generalized epileptiform discharges and focal seizures, although many of the patients in the series had preexisting epilepsy.10 In this study, there were 2 patients with focal seizures, 1 was new onset and 1 was in a PWE. |
