title: Psychogenic status epilepticus.
abstract: A patient was brought to the Emergency Department in presumed status epilepticus. However, the seizure had many of the clinical characteristics that, in combination, were suggestive of a psychogenic event including asynchronous extremity movements, forward pelvic thrusting, and geotrophic eye movements. An arterial blood gas and serum electrolytes were normal despite one-half hour of tonic-clonic activity, and supported the diagnosis of a nonneurogenic event. The patient became conversant toward the end of the event, which confirmed that the seizure was nonepileptogenic.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida, Health Science Center, Jacksonville 32209, USA.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Jagoda
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Richey-Klein
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Riggio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000523:psychology*