FRONTAL-COMPLEX PARTIAL STATUS EPILEPTICUS MISDIAGNOSED AS BIPOLAR AFFECTIVE-DISORDER IN A 75-YEAR-OLD MAN

The incidence and prevalence of epilepsy increases with age, with the majority of cases having a known cause, and approximately half of elde rly patients with epilepsy experiencing complex partial seizures that often present initially as neuropsychiatric symptoms. This presentatio n often delays diagnosis of the epileptiform disorder. To illustrate, we present the case of a 75-year-old man who was initially misdiagnose d with bipolar affective disorder later to be revealed as a frontal lo be seizure disorder.