Hippocampal Damage and Atrophy Secondary to Status Epilepticus in a Patient with Schizophrenia.

A 59-year-old man was admitted with respiratory tract infection, compromised conscience and generalized tonic-clonic seizures. His medical history included schizophrenia diagnosis, for which he had been being treated since he was 27 years old. EEG disclosed non-convulsive status epilepticus.