Psychiatric disorders secondary to nonconvulsive status epilepticus of frontal origin. Two clinical case reports.

Nonconvulsive status epilepticus (NCSE) is common but often under-diagnosed. Due to the absence of specific symptoms, it is frequently misdiagnosed as a psychiatric disorder, which delays treatment. The cases of two patients who exhibited psychiatric symptoms and subtle cognitive disturbances (without confusion) as the sole manifestation of frontal lobe NCSE are reported.