Hypermotor seizure presenting with unusual psychiatric symptoms - a case report
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https://doi.org/10.30834/KJP.34.1.2021.233Keywords:
hypermotor seizure, unusual symptoms, psychiatricAbstract
We report a case of hypermotor seizure activity. The patient presented behavioural changes with previous reports of normal electroencephalogram (EEG). A prolonged video EEG of this patient showed rare epileptic abnormalities over the left frontocentral region, which ruled out a conversion disorder diagnosis. Management using Antiepileptics proved beneficial in this case.
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