Suspected Post-ictal Psychosis in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Secondary to Human Herpesvirus 6 Encephalitis

Human herpesvirus 6 (HHV-6) may lead to temporal lobe epilepsy (TLE). Psychotic syndrome frequency in the setting of TLE is 7% to 11%. We report a case of post-ictal psychosis (PIP) secondary to TLE in the setting of HHV-6 encephalitis. A 58-year-old male presented with a two-day history of severe c...

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Autores principales: Stover, Jack, Patel, Madhav, Carter, Kathleen, Patel, Keshav
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2021
Materias:
Neurology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8575274/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34765334
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18535

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8575274/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34765334
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.18535

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