Epilepsy Mimicking Affective Disorder in a Patient with Amygdala Enlargement

Affective disorders are commonly associated with epilepsy. Affective symptoms rarely occur concomitantly with seizure occurrence, which can lead to misdiagnosis. Here, we describe a 69-year-old man who experiencedintermittent manifestations of unpleasant mood and aggressive behavior. He had temporal...

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Autores principales: Lee, Jung-Ju, Kang, Kyusik, Park, Jong-Moo, Lee, Woong-Woo, Kwon, Ohyun, Kim, Byeong-Kun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Epilepsy Society 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6706644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31482060
http://dx.doi.org/10.14581/jer.19009
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author Lee, Jung-Ju
Kang, Kyusik
Park, Jong-Moo
Lee, Woong-Woo
Kwon, Ohyun
Kim, Byeong-Kun
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Kang, Kyusik
Park, Jong-Moo
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description Affective disorders are commonly associated with epilepsy. Affective symptoms rarely occur concomitantly with seizure occurrence, which can lead to misdiagnosis. Here, we describe a 69-year-old man who experiencedintermittent manifestations of unpleasant mood and aggressive behavior. He had temporal lobe epilepsy with amygdala enlargement. After successful treatment with an antiepileptic drug, hissymptoms resolved. Additionally, the amygdala enlargement decreased when checked at 5 years after treatment. We discuss the clinical characteristics and differential points of the case.
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spelling pubmed-67066442019-09-03 Epilepsy Mimicking Affective Disorder in a Patient with Amygdala Enlargement Lee, Jung-Ju Kang, Kyusik Park, Jong-Moo Lee, Woong-Woo Kwon, Ohyun Kim, Byeong-Kun J Epilepsy Res Case Report Affective disorders are commonly associated with epilepsy. Affective symptoms rarely occur concomitantly with seizure occurrence, which can lead to misdiagnosis. Here, we describe a 69-year-old man who experiencedintermittent manifestations of unpleasant mood and aggressive behavior. He had temporal lobe epilepsy with amygdala enlargement. After successful treatment with an antiepileptic drug, hissymptoms resolved. Additionally, the amygdala enlargement decreased when checked at 5 years after treatment. We discuss the clinical characteristics and differential points of the case. Korean Epilepsy Society 2019-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6706644/ /pubmed/31482060 http://dx.doi.org/10.14581/jer.19009 Text en Copyright © 2019 Korean Epilepsy Society This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Lee, Jung-Ju
Kang, Kyusik
Park, Jong-Moo
Lee, Woong-Woo
Kwon, Ohyun
Kim, Byeong-Kun
Epilepsy Mimicking Affective Disorder in a Patient with Amygdala Enlargement
title Epilepsy Mimicking Affective Disorder in a Patient with Amygdala Enlargement
title_full Epilepsy Mimicking Affective Disorder in a Patient with Amygdala Enlargement
title_fullStr Epilepsy Mimicking Affective Disorder in a Patient with Amygdala Enlargement
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title_short Epilepsy Mimicking Affective Disorder in a Patient with Amygdala Enlargement
title_sort epilepsy mimicking affective disorder in a patient with amygdala enlargement
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6706644/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31482060
http://dx.doi.org/10.14581/jer.19009
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