Case study: seizure disorder presenting as panic disorder with agoraphobia

J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry. 1997 Sep;36(9):1295-8. doi: 10.1097/00004583-199709000-00023.

Abstract

Seizure disorders can produce anxiety that is almost indistinguishable from psychiatric disorders. There are few reports of adolescents with seizure disorders that produce fear. The first case of an adolescent female who presented with panic disorder and agoraphobia which was a consequence of seizure activity is reported. Careful diagnostic evaluation and correlation with video electroencephalography were important in distinguishing seizure activity from panic disorder.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Agoraphobia / diagnosis
  • Agoraphobia / etiology*
  • Anxiety / etiology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Electroencephalography
  • Epilepsy, Complex Partial / complications*
  • Epilepsy, Complex Partial / diagnosis
  • Epilepsy, Complex Partial / physiopathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Panic Disorder / diagnosis
  • Panic Disorder / etiology*