Thyroxine-induced hypermotor seizure

Aydin A., Cemeroglu A., Baklan B.

SEIZURE-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPILEPSY, cilt.13, sa.1, ss.61-65, 2004 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus) identifier identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 13 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2004
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1016/s1059-1311(03)00054-2
  • Dergi Adı: SEIZURE-EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF EPILEPSY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.61-65
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: hypermotor seizure, L-thyroxine treatment
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Thyroxine-induced epilepsy is a very rare condition occurring in epileptic patients. Here we report a boy with thyroxine-induced hypermotor seizure (HMS) following thyroxine administration for his central hypothyroidism secondary to surgery and cranial radiation for his brain tumor. After 3 years seizure-free period, he had repeated HMS, seven to eight attacks per day, after initiation L-thyroxine treatment. Following reduction of the daily thyroxine dose, his seizures decreased in frequency. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of HMS associated with L-thyroxine administration. (C) 2003 BEA Trading Ltd. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.