Emotional stimuli-provoked seizures potentially misdiagnosed as psychogenic non-epileptic attacks: A case of temporal lobe epilepsy with amygdala enlargement
The association between emotional stimuli and temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE) is largely unknown. Here, we report the case of a depressed, 50-year-old female complaining of episodes of a “spaced out” experience precipitated by emotional stimuli. Psychogenic non-epileptic attacks were suspected. However...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2018-01-01
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Series: | Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports |
Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213323216300949 |