Combined immunoglobulin and plasmapheresis treatment for Febrile Infection-Related Epilepsy Syndrome (FIRES)*

Coban Y., Akbas Y., Tuncer G. O., KÖKER A., Koker S. A.

TRANSFUSION AND APHERESIS SCIENCE, vol.61, no.6, 2022 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 61 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2022
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.transci.2022.103498
  • Journal Name: TRANSFUSION AND APHERESIS SCIENCE
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, BIOSIS, Biotechnology Research Abstracts, EMBASE, MEDLINE
  • Keywords: Febrile, Seizures, Intravenous immunoglobulin, Plasmapheresis, SYNDROME FIRES
  • Ondokuz Mayıs University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Febrile infection-related epilepsy syndrome (FIRES) is a rarely observed and destructive syndrome progressing with resistant seizures or refractory status epilepticus. In this report we present in a treatment procedure with plasmapheresis of a pediatric patient with FIRES and currently unknown etiology in order to contribute to the literature.