[A case of Psychogenous Crisis, a Linking Psychiatric Pathology]

Abstract

Psychogenous seizures described by Charcot, are an entity that can be difficult to distinguish from epileptic seizures. 70% of these patients have an underlying psychiatric diagnosis. We describe the case of a female patient who was diagnosed with seizures for several years, poly-medicated, and included in the epilepsy surgery protocol for refractory patients. During the evaluation, a psychogenous origin was discovered for such crises. We analyzed the clinical criteria and laboratory tests that allow us to approach the differential diagnosis between both entities.

Keywords: Crisis psicógena; Psychogenic crisis; crisis epilépticas; epileptic crisis; eventos paroxísticos no epilépticos; histeria; hysteria; mal events; paroxystic non-epyleptic events; somatomorphous disorder; trastorno somatomorfo; videoltelemetry; videotelemetría.