Simple Partial Status Epilepticus One-Day Post Single-Pulse TMS to the Affected Hemisphere in a Participant with Chronic Stroke

We report a TMS-related seizure. A 51-year-old man 8 months post superior sagittal vein thrombosis reported “twitching” in his affected arm, leg, and face one day after participating in a TMS trial. The day prior to the seizure event, the patient received 70 trials of single pulse TMS over the unaffected hemisphere primary motor cortex and double-pulse stimulation applied first over dorsal premotor cortex of the affected hemisphere (80 trials) and then over primary motor cortex of the affected hemisphere (70 trials).

Source: BRAIN STIMULATION: Basic, Translational, and Clinical Research in Neuromodulation - March 14, 2015 Category: Neurology Authors: Rachael M. Harrington, Evan Chan, Peter E. Turkeltaub, Alexander W. Dromerick, Michelle L. Harris-Love Source Type: research