{
  "abstract": "Focal status epilepticus is often associated with intracranial infections, neoplasms or vascular aetiologies. Subacute encephalopathy with seizures in alcoholics (SESA) syndrome is a clinically under-recognised disorder characterised by encephalopathy in the context of seizure and specific focal EEG abnormalities. Our case involved a male in his 50s with a history of alcohol use disorder, who presented with left-sided twitching and encephalopathy, found to be in a focal status. An EEG revealed abnormal discharges in the right frontoparietal region. MRI of the brain displayed signal changes in the right cerebral hemisphere, hippocampus and thalamus. A fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography showed hypometabolism in the bilateral cerebral cortices. The final diagnosis of SESA was made after a comprehensive evaluation. The patient improved in both his symptoms and interval MRI after initiation of appropriate anti-seizure medications.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA",
        "Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Oluwasinmisola Martha Opeyemi"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Johns Hopkins Medicine School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Anna Bacchetti"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA",
        "Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Alice Ruo Wei Tang"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Neurology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA",
        "Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA"
      ],
      "name": "Shamik Bhattacharyya"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Subacute encephalopathy with seizures in alcoholics (SESA) syndrome: a subtype of focal non-convulsive status epilepticus",
  "uid": "1f852448-8356-53ac-9938-256472a7fc65"
}