Negative phenomena can occur with seizures, but some
ictal negative manifestations are rare and may lead to
misdiagnosis. A patient series is presented with unusual
ictal negative phenomena: neglect syndrome, catastrophic
depression, apraxia, aphasia, amnesia, homonomous hemianopsia,
and hemiparesis. One had repeated episodes with PLEDs but
no parenchymal lesions. Clinicians should consider seizures
in the setting of unexplained deficits, even if there are
no positive ictal phenomena. (JINS, 2000, 6,
731–733.)
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