DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME WITH EPILEPSY AND PSYCHOSIS : AN ATYPICAL PRESENTATION

A case of “Dandy-Walker Syndrome” with secondary Generalised tonic clonic seizures and post-ictal psychosis is reported in a 33 year old man. The venthculo-pehtoneal shunt procedure, carried on 3 years back has failed to bring down the seizure frequency. Electrophysiological and neuropsychological i...

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Autores principales: Pradhan, S.C., Das, Jnanamay, Sinha, Vinod Kumar
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 1998
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2965844/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21494468
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author Pradhan, S.C.
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description A case of “Dandy-Walker Syndrome” with secondary Generalised tonic clonic seizures and post-ictal psychosis is reported in a 33 year old man. The venthculo-pehtoneal shunt procedure, carried on 3 years back has failed to bring down the seizure frequency. Electrophysiological and neuropsychological investigation suggest impairment in left temporal lobe.
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spelling pubmed-29658442011-04-14 DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME WITH EPILEPSY AND PSYCHOSIS : AN ATYPICAL PRESENTATION Pradhan, S.C. Das, Jnanamay Sinha, Vinod Kumar Indian J Psychiatry Case Report A case of “Dandy-Walker Syndrome” with secondary Generalised tonic clonic seizures and post-ictal psychosis is reported in a 33 year old man. The venthculo-pehtoneal shunt procedure, carried on 3 years back has failed to bring down the seizure frequency. Electrophysiological and neuropsychological investigation suggest impairment in left temporal lobe. Medknow Publications 1998 /pmc/articles/PMC2965844/ /pubmed/21494468 Text en Copyright: © Indian Journal of Psychiatry http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME WITH EPILEPSY AND PSYCHOSIS : AN ATYPICAL PRESENTATION
title DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME WITH EPILEPSY AND PSYCHOSIS : AN ATYPICAL PRESENTATION
title_full DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME WITH EPILEPSY AND PSYCHOSIS : AN ATYPICAL PRESENTATION
title_fullStr DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME WITH EPILEPSY AND PSYCHOSIS : AN ATYPICAL PRESENTATION
title_full_unstemmed DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME WITH EPILEPSY AND PSYCHOSIS : AN ATYPICAL PRESENTATION
title_short DANDY-WALKER SYNDROME WITH EPILEPSY AND PSYCHOSIS : AN ATYPICAL PRESENTATION
title_sort dandy-walker syndrome with epilepsy and psychosis : an atypical presentation
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2965844/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21494468
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