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subacute-encephalopathy-with-seizures-in-alcoholics-sesa-syndrome
Acronyms
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"Subacute encephalopathy with seizures in alcoholics (SESA syndrome) is a rare complication of chronic alcohol use that can present with seizures and a variety of neurological deficits."

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"SESA syndrome is rare 1-3."

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"In addition to features of SESA syndrome, neuroimaging in the majority of patients may demonstrate the sequelae resulting from chronic microvascular ischaemia, which are typically diffuse and are accompanied by atrophic changes which may be generalised or demonstrate a temporal predominance ref."

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"As patients with a history of SESA syndrome are prone to seizure recurrence, treatment with antiseizure medications is usually prescribed 3,4."

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"SESA syndrome was first described by Niedermeyer et al. in 1981 2."

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"Recognition of this syndrome is crucial and management altering; conventional antiseizure medications are a rational therapeutic in those with SESA syndrome, as compared to alcohol withdrawal seizures which lacks an underlying epileptogenic focus. Clinical features which favour SESA include:"

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"Recognition of this syndrome is crucial and management altering; conventional antiseizure medications are a rational therapeutic in those with SESA syndrome, as compared to alcohol withdrawal seizures which lacks an underlying epileptogenic focus. Clinical features which favour SESA include:"

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"an abnormal interictal EEG with focal findings"

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List Caps
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"Wernicke encephalopathy"

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Headings Valid
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Expected headings

  • H1 Terminology
  • H1 Usage
  • H1 Epidemiology
  • H2 Risk factors
  • H2 Associations
  • H1 Clinical presentation
  • H2 Complications
  • H1 Diagnosis
  • H2 Diagnostic criteria
  • H2 Diagnostic clues
  • H1 Pathology
  • H2 Aetiology
  • H2 Location
  • H2 Classification
  • H2 Macroscopic appearance
  • H2 Microscopic appearance
  • H2 Immunophenotype
  • H2 Markers
  • H2 Genetics
  • H1 Radiographic features
  • H2 Plain radiograph
  • H2 Mammography
  • H2 Antenatal ultrasound
  • H2 Transoesophageal echocardiography
  • H2 Ultrasound
  • H2 CT
  • H3 Dual-energy CT
  • H2 Angiography (DSA)
  • H2 MRI
  • H2 CT/MRI
  • H2 Nuclear medicine
  • H3 PET-CT
  • H3 PET-MRI
  • H1 Radiology report
  • H1 Treatment and prognosis
  • H2 Complications
  • H1 History and etymology
  • H1 Differential diagnosis
  • H2 Clinical differential diagnosis
  • H1 Practical points
  • H1 See also

"FDG-PET"

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"SPECT"

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"History and etymology"

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Semicolons
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"Recognition of this syndrome is crucial and management altering; conventional antiseizure medications are a rational therapeutic in those with SESA syndrome, as compared to alcohol withdrawal seizures which lacks an underlying epileptogenic focus. Clinical features which favour SESA include:"

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