Panic disorder or epilepsy? A case report.
Psychiatric and neurological disturbances can show up with panic attack symptoms. This report illustrates the difficulty in distinguishing between panic disorder and epilepsy in a subgroup of epileptic patients that suffer panic attacks as symptoms of seizures. This is the first report of panic attacks due to a focal lesion involving the left temporal lobe and the second case of panic attacks related to a meningioma.
Scalise
Anna
A
Department of Neuroscience, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, p.le S. Maria della Misericordia n 15, 33100 Udine, Italy. annascalise@libero.it
Placidi
Fabio
F
Diomedi
Marina
M
De Simone
Roberto
R
Gigli
Gian Luigi
GL
D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D003287:Contrast Media; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D004830:Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / Q000150:complications; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology; D016584:Panic Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology
D003287:Contrast Media; D019786:Gadolinium DTPA