Citation

Gunatilake SB, De Silva HJ, Ranasinghe G. Seizure 1997; 6(1): 71-72.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/s1059-1311(97)80057-x

PMID

9061828

Abstract

Pseudoseizures are often misdiagnosed. We report a patient with pseudostatus epilepticus who has had 27 venous cutdowns on different occasions when she was admitted to hospital with repeated seizures.

Language: en

Keywords

Adult; Conversion Disorder; Critical Care; Diagnosis, Differential; Female; Humans; Hysteria; Psychophysiologic Disorders; Status Epilepticus; Suicide; Venous Cutdown