Biomedical subjects

C E Ballenger

Publications and source records attributed to C E Ballenger.

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PubMed1983

Partial complex status epilepticus.

We studied the clinical features, ictal manifestations, and EEG phenomena of eight patients with partial complex status epilepticus documented by video/EEG. Age at the time of status was 18 months to 56 years. All patients had had previous seizures, and seven had previous episodes of status. In three patients, status consisted of confusion associated with continuous focal electrographic ictal activity. Five patients had confusion, aphasia, motor phenomena, or automatisms associated with recurrent partial electrographic seizures. Data from 17 previously reported cases were comparable with our 8 patients.

Adolescent↗

PubMed1980

Myelopathy in mucopolysaccharidosis type II (Hunter syndrome).

A 24-year-old man with Hunter syndrome had spastic quadriparesis due to impingement of thickened meninges upon the cervical spinal cord. Tracheal narrowing due to submucosal deposits (presumably mucopolysaccharide) produced serious ventilatory complications during induction of anesthesia and necessitated tracheostomy before surgical decompression of the spinal cord could be attempted. Recognition of compressive myelopathy and tracheal compromise as late complications of Hunter syndrome may promote early therapy and prevent respiratory catastrophe.

Adult↗

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Nocardia asteroides brain abscess following mastoidectomy.

Nocardia asteroides brain abscess occurred after mastoidectomy and tympanoplasty in a previously healthy 10-year-old boy. Combined surgical excision and trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazole therapy resulted in significant improvement.

Brain Abscess↗