Panic disorder or epilepsy? A case report

Anna Scalise; Fabio Placidi; Marina Diomedi; Roberto De Simone; Gian Luigi Gigli

doi:10.1016/j.jns.2006.02.017

Panic disorder or epilepsy? A case report

J Neurol Sci. 2006 Jul 15;246(1-2):173-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.02.017. Epub 2006 Apr 17.

Authors

Anna Scalise¹, Fabio Placidi, Marina Diomedi, Roberto De Simone, Gian Luigi Gigli

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neuroscience, S. Maria della Misericordia Hospital, p.le S. Maria della Misericordia n 15, 33100 Udine, Italy. annascalise@libero.it

PMID: 16603192
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2006.02.017

Abstract

Psychiatric and neurological disturbances can show up with panic attack symptoms. This report illustrates the difficulty in distinguishing between panic disorder and epilepsy in a subgroup of epileptic patients that suffer panic attacks as symptoms of seizures. This is the first report of panic attacks due to a focal lesion involving the left temporal lobe and the second case of panic attacks related to a meningioma.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cerebral Angiography
Contrast Media
Diagnosis, Differential
Electroencephalography
Epilepsy / diagnosis*
Epilepsy / psychology
Epilepsy, Tonic-Clonic / complications
Gadolinium DTPA
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Meningioma / complications
Meningioma / pathology
Panic Disorder / diagnosis*
Panic Disorder / psychology
Seizures / etiology
Temporal Lobe / pathology

Substances

Contrast Media
Gadolinium DTPA