Min-Hsien HSU, Hsiu-Ching HUNG, Tsui-Hung HUNG, Shangfen LIN, Chung-Hsin YEH

Bunama gibi görünen temporal lop epilepsisi: Bir olgu sunumu

Temporal lop epilepsisi yerleşimi belli olan epilepsinin en yaygın tipidir ve davranış değişikliği veya psikoz olarak görülebilir. Bunama olasılığını düşündüğümüz için kimi zaman tanı koymak güçtür. Bu yazıda, başlangıçta bunama benzeri belirtileri olan, fakat elektrofizyolojik ve radyolojik tetkiklerle temporal lop epilepsisi tanısı konan 73 yaşındaki bir erkek hastayı sunduk. (Anadolu Psikiyatri Derg 2019; 20(2):217-220)

Temporal lobe epilepsy manifests as dementia: a case report

Temporal lobe epilepsy is the most common type of localization-related epilepsy and may manifest as behaviorchange or psychosis. Sometimes it is hard to diagnose because we are used to thinking about dementia probably.Here we reported an unusual case that a 73 years-old male patient with dementia-like symptoms previously, butfinally he was diagnosed as temporal lobe epilepsy by the electrophysiological and radiological finding. (AnatolianJournal of Psychiatry 2019; 20(2):217-220)

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