Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures after Head Injury: A Case Report
Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNESs) are diagnosed when disruptive changes in behaviour, thinking, or emotion resemble epileptic seizures (ESs), but no paroxysmal discharges are seen on electroencephalogram (EEG) and do not originate from another medical illness. The gold standard for PNES diag...
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| author | Laura Scévola Luciana D'Alessio Dario Saferstein Estela Centurión Damián Consalvo Silvia Kochen |
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| description | Psychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNESs) are diagnosed when disruptive changes in behaviour, thinking, or emotion resemble epileptic seizures (ESs), but no paroxysmal discharges are seen on electroencephalogram (EEG) and do not originate from
another medical illness. The gold standard for PNES diagnosis is video electroencephalogram (Video-EEG). PNESs are defined by modern psychiatry as conversion and dissociative disorders but these disorders may coexist with many others psychiatric disorders, including depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and personality disorders. It is well known that epileptic seizures are a frequent and well-studied complication of traumatic head injury (THI). However, THI may also generate psychic symptoms including PNES. In this paper we describe a patient who developed PNES after THI in a bus accident and received a diagnosis of refractory epilepsy for 24 years until she underwent Video-EEG. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-8efbe5f1fe2a48849161dd80a844553b2025-08-20T03:37:16ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352009-01-01200910.1155/2009/712813712813Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures after Head Injury: A Case ReportLaura Scévola0Luciana D'Alessio1Dario Saferstein2Estela Centurión3Damián Consalvo4Silvia Kochen5Psychiatry Division, Ramos Mejía Hospital, Buenos Aires 1405, ArgentinaPsychiatry Division, Ramos Mejía Hospital, Buenos Aires 1405, ArgentinaEpilepsy Center, Ramos Mejía Hospital, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaEpilepsy Center, Ramos Mejía Hospital, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaEpilepsy Center, Ramos Mejía Hospital, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaEpilepsy Center, Ramos Mejía Hospital, Buenos Aires, ArgentinaPsychogenic nonepileptic seizures (PNESs) are diagnosed when disruptive changes in behaviour, thinking, or emotion resemble epileptic seizures (ESs), but no paroxysmal discharges are seen on electroencephalogram (EEG) and do not originate from another medical illness. The gold standard for PNES diagnosis is video electroencephalogram (Video-EEG). PNESs are defined by modern psychiatry as conversion and dissociative disorders but these disorders may coexist with many others psychiatric disorders, including depression, posttraumatic stress disorder, and personality disorders. It is well known that epileptic seizures are a frequent and well-studied complication of traumatic head injury (THI). However, THI may also generate psychic symptoms including PNES. In this paper we describe a patient who developed PNES after THI in a bus accident and received a diagnosis of refractory epilepsy for 24 years until she underwent Video-EEG.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/712813 |
| spellingShingle | Laura Scévola Luciana D'Alessio Dario Saferstein Estela Centurión Damián Consalvo Silvia Kochen Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures after Head Injury: A Case Report Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures after Head Injury: A Case Report |
| title_full | Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures after Head Injury: A Case Report |
| title_fullStr | Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures after Head Injury: A Case Report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures after Head Injury: A Case Report |
| title_short | Psychogenic Nonepileptic Seizures after Head Injury: A Case Report |
| title_sort | psychogenic nonepileptic seizures after head injury a case report |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2009/712813 |
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