We report the case of 36-year-old woman who had suffered from focal-unilateral right febrile grand mal since she was 9 months old as a result of neonatal asphyxia. Over the years, a modification of the clinical picture occurred and eventually the patient suffered from paranoid delusions that impaired her ability to work. After many years free from seizures, she experienced one day a generalized tonic-clonic seizure that required hospitalization and, soon thereafter, she committed suicide.
Suicide soon after generalized tonic-clonic seizure. A possible peri-ictal phenomenon? / Pompili, Maurizio; Girardi, Paolo; David, Lester; Tatarelli, Roberto. - In: THE SCIENTIFIC WORLD JOURNAL. - ISSN 1537-744X. - 6:(2006), pp. 356-360. [10.1100/tsw.2006.72]
Suicide soon after generalized tonic-clonic seizure. A possible peri-ictal phenomenon?
POMPILI, Maurizio;GIRARDI, Paolo;TATARELLI, Roberto
2006
Abstract
We report the case of 36-year-old woman who had suffered from focal-unilateral right febrile grand mal since she was 9 months old as a result of neonatal asphyxia. Over the years, a modification of the clinical picture occurred and eventually the patient suffered from paranoid delusions that impaired her ability to work. After many years free from seizures, she experienced one day a generalized tonic-clonic seizure that required hospitalization and, soon thereafter, she committed suicide.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
