Capgras Syndrome and Unilateral Spatial Neglect in Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus

Nonconvulsive status epilepticus can manifest as personality changes and psychosis. We report an 87-year-old right-handed male presenting with both Capgras syndrome and severe unilateral spatial neglect during nonconvulsive status epilepticus. After treatment of his seizures, his Capgras syndrome an...

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Autores principales: Turtzo, L. Christine, Kleinman, Jonathan T., Llinas, Rafael H.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: IOS Press 2008
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Clinical Note
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5452452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19491475
http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-2008-0210
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description Nonconvulsive status epilepticus can manifest as personality changes and psychosis. We report an 87-year-old right-handed male presenting with both Capgras syndrome and severe unilateral spatial neglect during nonconvulsive status epilepticus. After treatment of his seizures, his Capgras syndrome and hemispatial neglect resolved. This case illustrates a report of the confluence of Capgras syndrome and documented hemispatial neglect in nonconvulsive status epilepticus only reported once previously [1].
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spelling pubmed-54524522017-06-14 Capgras Syndrome and Unilateral Spatial Neglect in Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus Turtzo, L. Christine Kleinman, Jonathan T. Llinas, Rafael H. Behav Neurol Clinical Note Nonconvulsive status epilepticus can manifest as personality changes and psychosis. We report an 87-year-old right-handed male presenting with both Capgras syndrome and severe unilateral spatial neglect during nonconvulsive status epilepticus. After treatment of his seizures, his Capgras syndrome and hemispatial neglect resolved. This case illustrates a report of the confluence of Capgras syndrome and documented hemispatial neglect in nonconvulsive status epilepticus only reported once previously [1]. IOS Press 2008 2009-06-01 /pmc/articles/PMC5452452/ /pubmed/19491475 http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-2008-0210 Text en Copyright © 2008 Hindawi Publishing Corporation and the authors. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0 This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Turtzo, L. Christine
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Capgras Syndrome and Unilateral Spatial Neglect in Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus
title Capgras Syndrome and Unilateral Spatial Neglect in Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus
title_full Capgras Syndrome and Unilateral Spatial Neglect in Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus
title_fullStr Capgras Syndrome and Unilateral Spatial Neglect in Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus
title_full_unstemmed Capgras Syndrome and Unilateral Spatial Neglect in Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus
title_short Capgras Syndrome and Unilateral Spatial Neglect in Nonconvulsive Status Epilepticus
title_sort capgras syndrome and unilateral spatial neglect in nonconvulsive status epilepticus
topic Clinical Note
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5452452/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19491475
http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/BEN-2008-0210
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