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Unusual neurological presentation of second stage African trypanosomiasis in a young boy: a case report.

Etedal Ahmed A IbrahimMohammed Gasm Elseed M ElmahalKhabab Abbasher Hussien Mohamed AhmedElfatih A HasaboMohammed Eltahier Abdalla Omer
Published in: BMC pediatrics (2022)
Our case highlights that late second stage African trypanosomiasis with neurological complications such as non-convulsive status epilepticus should be suspected in any patient who developed progressive cognitive decline and behavioral changes following long standing history of African Trypanosomiasis and routine Electro-encephalogram EEG is the best tool to diagnose non convulsive status epilepticus.
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