Etiological profile of epilepsia partialis continua among adults in a tertiary care hospital.

Background: Epilepsia partialis continua (EPC), is a subtype of status epilepticus, have a varied spectrum of etiology and the out-come depends on the etiology.

Aims And Objectives: The present study is aimed to analyze the clinical characteristics and outcome.

Materials And Methods: This is a prospective analysis of 17 patients admitted to our center between August 2010 and April 2012.

Fatal intracerebral haemorrhage following scorpion sting.

Though uncommon, scorpion stings can cause cerebrovascular accidents by various mechanisms such as venom induced autonomic storm leading to hypertension, hypotension, myocarditis, DIC or vasculitis by direct actions. We present a case of intracerebral bleed following scorpion sting, which is a rare presentation and seldom reported.