Atypical frontal lobe seizure as the first manifestation of gall-bladder cancer: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gall bladder cancer (GBC) is associated with abdominal pain, lump, nausea, vomiting, and jaundice due to either gall bladder mass or the involved adjacent peritoneal structures. Gall bladder cancer presenting as refractory epilepsy is rare. Here we report a young female GBC patient who presented with an atypical and refractory frontal lobe seizures as the first manifestation of gall bladder cancer.

Case presentation

A 46 years young female presented first time to the hospital with uncontrolled seizures and headache in 5 months duration. Seizures were very atypical in semiology with ptosis and mydriasis to either side along with ipsilateral ocular deviation. The episodes were bilateral but right eyelid ptosis, mydriasis and right horizontal conjugate deviation were

SUBMITTER: Pandey S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6511165 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature