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Questioning the diagnosis of bipolar disorder: a case report
Author(s) -
CôrteReal Beatriz,
Braz Inês Souto,
Cordeiro Catarina,
Martins Paulo
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
progress in neurology and psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.19
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 1931-227X
pISSN - 1367-7543
DOI - 10.1002/pnp.704
Subject(s) - neurocognitive , epilepsy , differential diagnosis , bipolar disorder , temporal lobe , psychology , psychiatry , medicine , cognition , pathology
Temporal lobe epilepsy may lead to misdiagnosis due to affective, psychotic and/or personality abnormalities. Here, Dr Côrte‐Real et al. investigate such a case of an epileptic patient, initially diagnosed with bipolar disorder whose diagnosis was later changed to focal epilepsy and major neurocognitive disorder highlighting the importance of differential diagnosis in atypical cases.