[Out-of-body experience as possible seizure symptom in a patient with a right parietal lesion]

Nervenarzt. 2005 Oct;76(10):1259, 1261-2. doi: 10.1007/s00115-005-1904-y.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Out-of-body experiences are reported in a variety of diseases and physiologic conditions. We report a 44-year-old patient with epigastric auras, psychomotor and grand mal seizures, and paroxysmal experiences during which he believed to have left his body and seen himself from the outside. Electroencephalography showed a right temporal and right parietal seizure pattern on several occasions, and a lesion in the right parietal lobe was detected by cranial magnetic resonance imaging. Histological examination showed a pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma. Following extirpation of the lesion, the patient has been seizure-free for 5 years.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Astrocytoma / complications
  • Astrocytoma / diagnosis*
  • Astrocytoma / surgery
  • Body Image*
  • Brain Neoplasms / complications
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Brain Neoplasms / surgery
  • Depersonalization / diagnosis*
  • Depersonalization / etiology
  • Depersonalization / prevention & control
  • Electroencephalography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Seizures / diagnosis*
  • Seizures / etiology
  • Seizures / prevention & control
  • Treatment Outcome