Soonchunhyang Medical Science  2017;23(2):146-148

Postoperative Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizure in the Post-Anesthesia Recovery Unit.

Jae Hwa YOO 1 ; Sang Ho KIM ; Hyoung June KIM

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Keywords

Postoperative; Psychogenic; Seizures

Country

Republic of Korea

Language

Korean

Abstract

A 43-year-old woman with left facial pain caused by occipital neuralgia was scheduled for C2 ganglionotomy and adhesiolysis of left C2 root. General anesthesia, surgical procedure, and emergence have done uneventfully. However, she developed seizure after 5 minutes postoperatively in post-anesthesia recovery unit. She showed loss of consciousness and generalized muscular rigidity after shouting “I want to die”. Neurologic examination and neuroimaging revealed no neuronal damage. Her generalized muscular rigidity improved by her daughter's visit and worsened by mention about her husband, and disappeared after 40 minutes spontaneously.