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Periictal Capgras syndrome after clustered ictal fear: depth-electroencephalogram study
1Kansai Regional Epilepsy Center, Utano National Hospital, Kyoto, Japan.
Epilepsia
|July 1, 1997
Abstract
Purpose:
To describe periictal Capgras syndrome as a result of rapid, successive bouts of ictal fear.
Methods:
This periictal psychotic state was documented by depth EEG recordings.
Results:
Episodes of paroxysmal fear, experienced as a vivid sensation of someone being nearby, corresponded with unilateral left limbic ictal discharge.
Conclusions:
Depersonalization, regardless of organic or functional origin, is an important contributor to the genesis of Capgras syndrome.