Delusional Pregnancy in a Patient with Epilepsy: A Case Report Epilepsi Tanılı Hastada Gebelik Sanrısı: Bir Olgu Sunumu


Sayer Ö. N., HOCAOĞLU Ç.

Duzce Medical Journal, cilt.26, sa.2, ss.167-170, 2024 (Scopus) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 26 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2024
  • Doi Numarası: 10.18678/dtfd.1424051
  • Dergi Adı: Duzce Medical Journal
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Scopus, Academic Search Premier, CINAHL, EMBASE, Directory of Open Access Journals, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.167-170
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: epilepsy, Pseudocyesis, psychosis
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Interictal psychosis is a psychotic symptom that is not temporally related to epileptic seizures. Pregnancy delusion is defined as a person's fixed belief that she is pregnant despite objective evidence that she is not pregnant. In this case report, pregnancy delusion was described in a patient with epilepsy. A 31-year-old woman with epilepsy was admitted to a psychiatric ward. The patient, whose pregnancy test results were never positive, believed that she was pregnant. It was learned that her identical twin had experienced reproductive-sexuality-themed psychotic symptoms 10 years ago. The patient was hospitalized for three weeks and discharged in remission with paliperidone 6 mg/day and biperiden 2 mg/day. Caution should be exercised when using antipsychotics because of their epileptogenic effects. Pregnancy delusion in epilepsy is rare. In addition to this rare condition, it is noteworthy that reproductive-sexual delusions were reported in the patient's twin brother who was diagnosed with epilepsy.