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Case Reports
. 2014 Jul 9:2014:bcr2014203635.
doi: 10.1136/bcr-2014-203635.

A young woman with seizures and psychosis

Sowjanya Naha  1 , Kushal Naha  1 , H Manjunath Hande  1 , Ganapathiraman Vivek  2
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Case Reports

A young woman with seizures and psychosis

Sowjanya Naha et al. BMJ Case Rep. .

Abstract

We present a case of a 24-year-old woman with abnormal behaviour of recent onset. She had been diagnosed previously with epilepsy and had been started on antiepileptic medication. Clinical examination confirmed features of psychosis including paranoid delusions and auditory hallucination. Neurological examination showed nystagmus and dysmetria. Further evaluation revealed the underlying cause for her symptoms. She responded promptly to appropriate therapy with complete resolution of psychosis.

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