# Loss of consciousness and epileptic episodes in Mali. What is your diagnosis? **Authors:** Mahamane MARIKO, Mamoudou CAMARA, Kimba B. Abdoul NASSER, Abdoulaye Mody CAMARA PMC · DOI: 10.48327/mtsi.v5i4.2025.765 · Médecine Tropicale et Santé Internationale · 2025-10-10 ## TL;DR A 15-year-old girl in Mali experiences sudden loss of consciousness and epileptic episodes, prompting a medical diagnosis. ## Contribution The paper presents a clinical case involving neurological symptoms in a young patient from Mali. ## Key findings - The patient exhibited sudden loss of consciousness and a history of vomiting and headaches. - She also reported dizziness, visual disturbances, and epileptic seizures. - The case highlights the need for neurological evaluation in similar presentations. ## Abstract Une jeune fille de 15 ans sest présentée au service de neuropédiatrie pour une perte brutale de connaissance avec des antécédents de vomissements, de céphalées intermittentes, de vertiges, de troubles de la vue et de crises d’épilepsie. Quel est votre diagnostic? ## Full-text entities - **Diseases:** NCC (MESH:D020019), vomiting (MESH:D014839), taeniasis (MESH:D013622), blurred vision (MESH:D014786), neurological condition (MESH:D019636), echinococcose (MESH:D004443), frontal headaches (MESH:D006261), edema (MESH:D004487), Cysticercosis (MESH:D003551), schistosomiase (MESH:D012552), calcifications (MESH:D002114), Loss of consciousness (MESH:D014474), ocular abnormalities (MESH:D005124), parasitic brain disease (MESH:D010272), tuberculous granulomas (MESH:D006099), IRM (MESH:D015868), crises d'epilepsie (MESH:C538319), cysts (MESH:D003560), infectious (MESH:D003141), malaria (MESH:D008288), cystic lesions (MESH:D052177), sudden abnormalities of consciousness (MESH:D003244), epilepsy (MESH:D004827), dizziness (MESH:D004244) - **Chemicals:** praziquantel (MESH:D011223), paracetamol (MESH:D000082), mebendazole (MESH:D008463), ibuprofen (MESH:D007052), Omnipaque (MESH:D007472), carbamazepine (MESH:D002220), albendazole (MESH:D015766), gadolinium (MESH:D005682), prednisolone (MESH:D011239), Albentox (-), T1 (MESH:C103828) - **Species:** Human immunodeficiency virus 1 (no rank) [taxon 11676], Sus scrofa (pig, species) [taxon 9823], Taenia solium (pig tapeworm, species) [taxon 6204], Homo sapiens (human, species) [taxon 9606] ## Full text _Full body text omitted from this summary view._ Fetch the complete paper as Markdown: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12948372/full.md ## Figures 2 figures with captions in the complete paper: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12948372/full.md ## References 8 references — full list in the complete paper: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12948372/full.md --- Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12948372