The 25-year-old patient presents with new onset focal seizures; history is negative for traumatic events and the patient is otherwise healthy. The nurse suspects which condition as the cause of the seizure?

Astrocytoma. In an otherwise healthy adult patient, new onset seizures point to an astrocytoma (a type of brain tumor). As the patient is otherwise healthy, sepsis is unlikely. Lysosomal storage disorders are diagnosed in infancy or childhood, and can cause seizures; the healthy adult is unlikely to have an undiagnosed lysosomal storage disorder. Hypoxic ischemic encephalopathy can occur in a neonate following a traumatic delivery.

The 25-year-old patient presents with new onset focal seizures; h...

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Difficulty: 6

Topics: Neurology

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