title: Spontaneous out-of-body experience in a child with refractory right temporoparietal epilepsy.
abstract: The authors describe the case of a spontaneous out-of-body experience (OBE) in a 15-year-old right-handed boy with intractable epilepsy in whom psychosis had been misdiagnosed. After successful resection of a right temporoparietal focal cortical dysplasia, the OBE and seizures resolved. The authors analyzed the underlying causes of the OBE and discussed the mechanism of the OBE caused by an epileptic lesion.
authors: Beijing Institute of Functional Neurosurgery, Xuanwu Hospital, Capital Medical University;
authors: Tie
authors: T
authors: Fang
authors: Rong
authors: R
authors: Yan
authors: Fang
authors: F
authors: Fang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D003071:Cognition; D003951:Diagnostic Errors; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004827:Epilepsy / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery*; D020937:Epilepsy, Partial, Sensory / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D004833:Epilepsy, Temporal Lobe / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D054220:Malformations of Cortical Development / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000601:surgery; D010296:Parietal Lobe / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis; D060685:Sense of Coherence; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: AED = antiepileptic drug; EEG = electroencephalography; FCD = focal cortical dysplasia; OBE = out-of-body experience; TPJ = temporoparietal junction; epilepsy surgery; focal cortical dysplasia; out-of-body experience; refractory epilepsy