Temporal Lobe Epilepsy after Refractory Status Epilepticus: An Illustrative Case and Review of the Literature

<table class="table-group" id="tab1"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Diagnostic category</td><td align="left">Negative laboratory tests</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Infectious</td><td align="left"><i>Blood/serology</i>: parainfluenza virus, adenovirus, rhinovirus, respiratory syncytial virus, HIV, flava cirus, west nile virus, herpes simplex virus, cytomegalovirus, lyme, California equine encephalitis (initially equivocal, then negative on subsequent testing)<i>Cerebrospinal fluid:</i> syphilis, St. Louis encephalopathy, powassan, arboviruses, enterovirus, Chlamydia, mycoplasma, influenza (A and B), varicella zoster virus</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Autoimmune</td><td align="left">ANA, ENA, ANCA, antithyroperoxidase</td></tr><tr><td align="left" colspan="2"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Paraneoplastic</td><td align="left">Antivoltage-gated potassium channels, antivoltage-gated calcium channels, anti-NMDA (NR-1)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="2"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

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Table 1: Temporal Lobe Epilepsy after Refractory Status Epilepticus: An Illustrative Case and Review of the Literature 