title: Vivid recollection of a past traumatic event: a rare manifestation of temporal lobe seizures.
abstract: Vivid recollection of a particular past memory is a rare ictal phenomenon in temporal lobe epilepsy. When the memory is traumatic, the presentation may mimic post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). We report a woman with temporal lobe epilepsy who was misdiagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder for two years before she had a suspected generalised seizure; video-EEG monitoring confirmed that her episodes were epileptic. Adequate treatment with an antiepileptic medication resulted in total resolution of the episodes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA.
authors.forename: Mohamad Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Koubeissi
mesh_terms: D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D012640:Seizures; D013702:Temporal Lobe