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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · International Journal of Epilepsy 2023; 09(01/02): 027-029
DOI: 10.1055/s-0044-1788995
Case Report

Ear-Plugging Semiology in Epilepsy: A Rare Case Report

Baiakmenlang Synmon
1   Department of Neurology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
,
Shri Ram Sharma
1   Department of Neurology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
,
Mahendre Thakre
1   Department of Neurology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
,
Ayuish Jain 
1   Department of Neurology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
,
Henry Nongrum
2   Department of ENT, Nazareth Hospital Shillong, Meghalaya, India
,
Overland Rymbai
1   Department of Neurology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
,
Marbakordor Shadap
1   Department of Neurology, North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong, Meghalaya, India
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Abstract

Clinical history is of extreme importance in epilepsy to plan out the management of the patient. Semiology of epilepsy especially at the onset helps us localize the site of onset of the seizure. Ear-plugging semiology in epilepsy, although reported in the literature, is still a rare phenomenon. We hereby report a video of a patient having an ear-plugging epilepsy semiology for better understanding.

Keywords

ear-plugging semiology - focal dyscognitive seizure - semiology in epilepsy


Publication History

Article published online:
12 September 2024

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