Epileptic Disorders
MENUVideo-EEG and ictal SPECT in three patients with both epileptic and non-epileptic seizures Volume 1, numéro 1, Mars 1999
Illustrations
Arnaud Biraben, Delphine Taussig, Anne-Marie Bernard, Jean-Pierre Vignal, Jean-Marie Scarabin, Patrick Chauvel, Roderick Duncan
Service de neurologie, CHR Pontchaillou, rue Henri-Le-Guilloux, Rennes, France
- Page(s) : 51-5
- Année de parution : 1999
Up to 20% of patients referred to epilepsy centers have pseudoseizures [1]. While a majority of patients have pseudoseizures only, a subgroup of patients appear to have both epileptic and psychogenic seizures [2]. Ictal single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) has been used as a localizing tool in focal epilepsies, but some have questioned whether activation effects might be produced during pseudoseizures, due to limb movements [...]