Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36992669›Full record

ArticleClinical case reports2023

A rare case of drug sensitive adult-onset temporal lobe epilepsy due to a focal cortical dysplasia revealed by ictal coughing: First report in sub-Saharan Africa.

Eric-Samuel Chokote, Leonard Ngarka, Emmanuel Oben Takoeta, Hermann Nestor Tsague Kengni, Leonard N Nfor, Michel K Mengnjo, Edwige Laure Mendo, Fabrice Djeutcheu, Faustin N Yepnjio, Godwin Y Tatah and 2 more

Open access · goldAbstract readCase Reports
In one paragraph

Article in Clinical case reports, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact, top 95% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 0 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors at 3 institutions in 3 countries.

Eric-Samuel ChokoteDepartment of Neurology Jordan Medical Services Yaoundé Cameroon.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5137-012X
Leonard NgarkaBrain Research Africa Initiative (BRAIN) Yaoundé Cameroon.
Emmanuel Oben TakoetaDepartment of Radiology Jordan Medical Services Yaoundé Cameroon.
Hermann Nestor Tsague KengniFaculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences The University of Yaoundé I Yaoundé Cameroon.
Leonard N NforBrain Research Africa Initiative (BRAIN) Yaoundé Cameroon.
Michel K MengnjoBrain Research Africa Initiative (BRAIN) Yaoundé Cameroon.
Edwige Laure MendoBrain Research Africa Initiative (BRAIN) Yaoundé Cameroon.
Fabrice DjeutcheuDepartment of Neurology Yaoundé Military Hospital Yaoundé Cameroon.
Faustin N YepnjioDepartment of Neurology Yaoundé Central Hospital Yaoundé Cameroon.
Godwin Y TatahBrain Research Africa Initiative (BRAIN) Yaoundé Cameroon.
Hubert Désiré Awa MbassiFaculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences The University of Yaoundé I Yaoundé Cameroon.
Alfred K NjamnshiBrain Research Africa Initiative (BRAIN) Yaoundé Cameroon.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0052-1511
Central Hospital of Yaoundé · CMUniversité de Yaoundé I · CMNawaloka Hospital · LK

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This case suggests that clinicians should consider seizures as a differential diagnosis of paroxystic cough with loss of consciousness. Focal cortical dysplasia should equally be screened for with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scans even in adults with epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa.

Indexed as

epilepsyfocal cortical dysplasiaictal coughingmalformations of cortical developmentmesial temporal lobe epilepsy

Identifiers

PMID36992669
PMCPMC10041363
OpenAlexW4361211320

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC-ND
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.