[Aggressive episodes without amnesia. Differential diagnostic problems based on a case report]

A 21-year-old patient suffered from recurrent attacks characterized by aggression and a varying disturbance of consciousness. He had no amnesia for these episodes. Loss of activity and social withdrawal had heralded the manifestation of the disease. He had delusions at times. The problems of differential diagnosis: schizophrenic disorder, frontal lobe epilepsy, or psychogenic seizures are discussed.