The relevance of clinical recognition and differential semiology to facilitate a quick access to VIDEO-EEG in patients with psychogenic none epileptic seizures

SCÉVOLA, LAURA; LOMBARDI, NICOLÁS; ALONSO, NICOLÁS; FERNÁNDEZ LIMA, MÓNICA; KORMAN, GUIDO PABLO; ODDO, SILVIA; KOCHEN, SILVIA; D´ALESSIO, LUCIANA

Estanbul

Congreso; 31 International Epilepsy Congress (IEC); 2015

The International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and the International Bureau for Epilepsy (IBE) .

Psychogenic non epileptic seizures (PNES) resemble epileptic seizures and a differential diagnosis should be made. Nevertheless there is an important delay to reach PNES diagnosis, between 7 -11 years, probably related to a difficult access to VIDEO-EEG (VEEG). In this work we compared the seizure semiology in PNES and in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy TLE patients recorded during VEEG. The aim was to detect specific clinical signs which will allow the clinician to suspect the PNES diagnosis, and accelerate the access to VEEG for diagnosis confirmation.