[Subacute encephalopathy with epileptic seizures in an alcoholic patient].

Psychiatr Prax

Kantonale Psychiatrische Klinik Rheinau, Schweiz.

Published: September 2000

We introduce a case of a 66 year-old male with chronic alcoholism who suffered from confusion, Wernicke-aphasia and epileptic seizures. Several EEG revealed periodic lateralized epileptiform discharges. The patient's case resembles the symptoms of a subacute encephalopathy with epileptic seizures which can occur in alcoholics.

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