A case of echolalia in a topiramate induced patient with epilepsy

Abstract

Echolalia are subsets of imitative behavior which repetition of sounds and language. Topiramate is an effective drug for treatment several types of seizures. It is generally tolerated well. We reported the case of a 44-year old man patient who presented with a history of a epilepsy disorder, He had been maintained with 1000 mg/day sodium valproate for seizure episode. But this recently did not control his seizure episode. Then he was placed on topiramate (600mg/day). Following treatment, he had no seizure episode. subsequently He became incoherence, confusion, disorientation, and significant speech impairments including echolalia Thereby, we present a case of echolalia in a rapidly titrated topiramate induced in a epilepsy disorder patient. J Clin Exp Invest 2014; 5 (4): 620-622

Keywords

• Echolalia, topiramate, epilepsy

Epilepsi hastasında topiramatın indüklediği ekolali olgusu

Öz

Ekolali başkalarının söylediklerini anlamsız olarak tekrar edilmesi olan sözel bir davranış bozukluğudur. Topiramat birçok epileptik nöbet tipinin tedavisinde kullanılan etkili bir antiepileptik ajandır. Olgumuz 44 yaşında epileptik nöbetleri için 1000mg/gün sodyum valproat kullanan bir epilepsi hastası idi. Son aylarda nöbet sıklığında artma nedeniyle tedavisine yüksek dozda ve hızlı titre edilerek 600mg/gün dozunda topiramat eklendi. Topiramat eklendikten sonra epileptik nöbeti olmadı. Hasta topiramat kullanmaya başladıktan kısa bir süre sonra konfüzyon, dezoryantasyon ve özelikle ekolali içeren konuşma bozukluğu gelişti. Bu nedenle bir epilepsi hastasında topiramatın hızlı titrasyonunun sebep olduğu bir ekolali olgusunu sunduk.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Ekolali, topiramat, epilepsi

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