A Case of Repetitive Consciousness Disturbance with Hypercapnia due to Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus in Klippel-Feil Syndrome

Abstract

A 59-year-old female complained palpitation in the morning. She was found in unconsciousness by her family and transported to our department. Her past history was she had torticollis, unilateral renal agenesis and dextrocardia since her birth. She had limited range of motion of bilateral brachiums and left hand dysesthesia due to torticollis since over 50-years-old. On arrival, she was in coma state with severe hypoxia and hypercapnia. Initially, she underwent diagnosis of status epileptic and/or over dose inducing coma, acute lung failure and liver dysfunction.