Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5628497 | Epilepsy & Behavior Case Reports | 2017 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
A 48-year-old male was diagnosed with both drug resistant epilepsy and psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Both diagnoses were confirmed by video-EEG monitoring. His epileptic seizures were a consequence of right mesial temporal sclerosis. He was diagnosed by a psychiatrist to have depression and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Following a right anterior temporal resection he became seizure free (both epileptic and nonepileptic) with a remarkable improvement in his psychiatric comorbidities leading to significant reduction in his psychotropic medications.No reports have been identified in the literature of patients with epilepsy and PNES with coexisting PTSD having epilepsy surgery.
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Authors
Mazen Basheikh,