title: Wood's lamp employed as a provocative technique to identify pseudoseizures.
abstract: We present a case of a 12-year-old female who presented to the emergency department with ictal phenomena suggestive of pseudoseizures. A Wood's lamp was successfully employed to induce the stereotypic phenomena and thereby identify the ictal events as nonepileptiform. Use of the Wood's lamp has not previously been reported as a provocative stimulus to induce pseudoseizures. Given its noninvasive nature and ready availability, the Wood's lamp should be considered for identification of pseudoseizures.
authors.affiliation: Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Strong Memorial Hospital, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Dante Allen
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Pappano
authors.forename: Ellen Sofia
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Bass
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D012640:Seizures / Q000175:diagnosis*