title: Twenty-seven venous cutdowns to treat pseudostatus epilepticus.
abstract: Pseudoseizures are often misdiagnosed. We report a patient with pseudostatus epilepticus who has had 27 venous cutdowns on different occasions when she was admitted to hospital with repeated seizures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka.
authors.forename: S B
authors.initials: SB
authors.lastname: Gunatilake
authors.forename: H J
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: De Silva
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ranasinghe
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D003291:Conversion Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D003422:Critical Care / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007046:Hysteria / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D011602:Psychophysiologic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D013226:Status Epilepticus / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology; D016748:Venous Cutdown / Q000523:psychology*