Epileptic aphasia and dysphoria interpreted as endogenous depression.
A case is reported of a 29-yr-old female with attacks of aphasia/dysphasia over a period of several months which lasted days to weeks accompanied by a dysphoric state. The patients was for long regarded as endogenous depressive with a hysterical speech disorder. However, the diagnosis of epilepsy was finally made based on generalized attacks, appropriate EEG changes, and the response to anti-epileptic therapy.
Department of Neurology, Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark.
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Plesner
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Lühdorf
D000328:Adult; D001037:Aphasia / Q000209:etiology*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans