28Feb 2017

PSEUDOSEIZURES: A CASE REPORT.

  • King Saud medical City, Neurology resident, MBBS Medicine and Surgery, Saudi Arabia 100326 , Riyadh 11635.
  • MBBS, Internal Medicine, B.O 18012, Riyadh 11415.
  • King Saud Medical City, Internal Medicine Resident, MBBS, P.O.Box 58493, Riyadh 11594.
  • King Saud medical city, Internal medicine resident, MBBS.
  • King Saud Medical City, Internal Medicine Resident, MBBS Medicine and Surgery, 7191 As Sanad, Al Wurud Riyadh 12253-2579.
  • Medical intern, B.O 8058, Riyadh 14261.
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Background: Pseudoseizures a disorder in which paroxysmal series of changed behavior are noticed, it misdiagnosed due to its similarity to true epilepsy. Case presentation: A male patient of 22 years old with no medical illness admitted to emergency department with a history of repeated attack of involuntary movements affecting all four limbs, he has no medical or surgical history, his vital signs were recorded upon arrival, he experienced full examination and analysis, computed tomography, Electroencephalogram and Magnetic resonance image were performed on the patient.

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[Abdulsalam S. Alluhaydan md, Abdullah T. Alwazna, Bader a. Alageel, Saleh Khader AlGhamdi, Ziad Sulaiman Sindi and Hassan Mohammed Ibrahim alsomali. (2017); PSEUDOSEIZURES: A CASE REPORT. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Feb). 2694-2698] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Bader A. Alageel
King Saud medical City Neurology resident

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/3462      
DOI URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/3462

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