Somatosensory evoked potentials in hysterical paraplegia.
Somatosensory evoked potentials were determined in three patients with hysterical neurologic deficits after minor trauma. In each case the patient denied any sensation of the stimulus in the affected extremity; however, normal evoked potentials were recorded. Objective evidence of the hysterical nature of the neurologic deficit was, therefore, provided.
D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000503:physiopathology; D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005073:Evoked Potentials, Somatosensory; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007046:Hysteria / Q000175:diagnosis*; D008297:Male; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000175:diagnosis*