TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Severe depression as the sole symptom of affective focal status epilepticus
JO  - BMJ case reports
A1  - Dimitriadis, Konstantinos
A1  - Pfefferkorn, Thomas
A1  - Noachtar, Soheyl
SP  - e2013
EP  - 201149
VL  - 2014
IS  - 
N2  - Depression as well as fear, joy and anger have been described as the semiological features of focal epileptic seizures. When emotions present as the sole symptoms of epileptic seizures, they may easily be misdiagnosed as a psychiatric disorder. We describe a patient with affective focal status epilepticus, secondary to limbic encephalitis, in which depression was the only clinical manifestation. Through EEG correlates the epileptic nature of depression could be proven. Furthermore, we discuss the association between epilepsy and depression, as well as the link between ictal depression and suicidal rates.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1757-790X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2013-201149
ID  - ref1
ER  -