Epilepsy and kleptomania.
Kleptomania, defined in the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manua of Mental Disorders, Text Revision: DSM-IV-TR, as the inability to resist the impulse to steal objects that are not needed for personal use or for their monetary value, may reflect a form of obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder and/or affective spectrum disorder. We report on a patient who developed kleptomania and left temporal lobe epilepsy around the same time; both disorders were completely resolved in this patient with topiramate.
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Yuksel
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Department of Neurology, Gaziosmanpasa University Faculty of Medicine, Tokat, Turkey. yukselkablan@yahoo.com
D000328:Adult; D000927:Anticonvulsants / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007174:Disruptive, Impulse Control, and Conduct Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D005632:Fructose / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D000077236:Topiramate
D000927:Anticonvulsants; D000077236:Topiramate; D005632:Fructose