Citation

Pompili M, Girardi P, Lester D, Tatarelli R. ScientificWorldJournal 2006; 6: 356-360.

Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry, Sant'Andrea Hospital, University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy. maurizio.pompili@uniroma1.it

Copyright

(Copyright © 2006, ScientificWorld, Ltd.)

DOI

10.1100/tsw.2006.72

PMID

16565771

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.

Language: en