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Psychogenic convulsions

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These differ from organic convulsions in three ways:

  • The patient remains conscious
  • Movement is not regular and stereotyped as expected
  • There is no incontinence, tongue biting or injury

If there is difficulty excluding temporal lobe, complex partial seizures then continuous EEG monitoring may be diagnostic.

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