A rare case of drug sensitive adult-onset temporal lobe epilepsy due to a focal cortical dysplasia revealed by ictal coughing: First report in sub-Saharan Africa.
Eric-Samuel ChokoteLeonard NgarkaEmmanuel Oben TakoetaHermann Nestor Tsague KengniLeonard N NforMichel K MengnjoEdwige Laure MendoFabrice DjeutcheuFaustin N YepnjioGodwin Y TatahHubert Désiré Awa MbassiAlfred Kongnyu NjamnshiPublished in: Clinical case reports (2023)
This case suggests that clinicians should consider seizures as a differential diagnosis of paroxystic cough with loss of consciousness. Focal cortical dysplasia should equally be screened for with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans even in adults with epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa.