PURPOSE: @entity302 (PTSs) are a well-recognized consequence of @entity542 ( @entity542 ), but @entity542 and @entity410 ( @entity410 ) have not been related. We describe a significant subset of @entity1 with @entity410 who had their @entity410 attributed to @entity542 . METHODS: We reviewed the records of all @entity1 diagnosed with NES at the University of Maryland Medical Center over a 6-year period (1989-1995) and selected @entity1 with @entity410 attributed to a @entity542 occurring < or =3 years before the onset of their @entity410 . RESULTS: Of 157 @entity1 with video-EEG confirmed NES, 37 (24%) had the onset of their @entity410 attributed to an @entity542 . Their average age was 34 years (range, 15-56 years); 68% were @entity1 . Nonepileptic PTS usually developed within the first year after @entity542 (89%). @entity410 symptoms were present in 54%. Whereas @entity302 PTSs characteristically follow severe @entity542 , the majority (78%) of our @entity1 with nonepileptic PTSs sustained only mild @entity542 . Before their @entity542 , 76% of our @entity1 were employed, working in the home, or students, but only 11% could continue those activities after developing nonepileptic PTSs. CONCLUSIONS: Nonepileptic PTSs are frequently mistaken for @entity302 PTSs and result in serious disability. The misdiagnosis of nonepileptic PTSs leads to ineffective and inappropriate treatment. @entity1 with intractable @entity410 after HIs, particularly mild HIs, should be carefully evaluated for @entity410 .

Nonepileptic posttraumatic XXXX .

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['women', 'Patients', 'patients'] @entity410 :: ('MESH:D012640', 'Disease') :: ['seizures', 'nonepileptic seizures', 'Convulsive', 'NESs'] @entity542 :: ('MESH:D006259', 'Disease') :: ['head injury', 'HI'] @entity302 :: ('MESH:D004827', 'Disease') :: ['epileptic', 'Epileptic posttraumatic seizures']
@entity410 :: (MESH:D012640,Disease) :: ['seizures']
