hysteria is one of the conversion disorders that can be presented similar to neurological and organic disorders. conversion symptoms are usually associated with emotional conflicts of the patient. belching is often reported in patients with gastroesophageal reflux and is a rare manifestation of hysteria. the authors would describe a young female patient with serial belching that, after several ...

objective: patients with conversion disorder may be seen by different specialists in various clinics and emergency situations. however, there are not sufficient studies on the most effective treatment for this disabling illness. methods: in a clinical trial, we compared four treatment strategies muscle relaxation, suggestion, hypnosis and intravenous diazepam infusion, in 80 patients with acute...

purpose: to report two cases of conversion disorder with unilateral psychogenic pseudoptosis. case reports: the first case was 21 years old man who developed sudden ptosis of his left eye, since 2 weeks ago. the patient had episodes of upper lid drooping during the last 7 months; the second case was a 10 years old girl with history of ptosis since 6 months, after viral conjunctivitis. all neuro...

how to cite this article: bidaki r, zarepur e, akrami m, nadi sakhvidi m. functional neurological symptom disorder: mismanagement, misdiagnosis, chronic cough following sexual abuse; a rare case report. iran j child neurol. spring 2016; 10(2):90-92. abstract objective conversion disorder (cd) is a mental disorder in which patient displays neurological symptoms such as blindness, mutism, paralys...

The diagnosis of psychogenic nonepileptic seizures has become easier with the assimilation of studies on the clinical categorization of seizure-like events (1), video EEG monitoring (2), measurement of serum prolactin (3), the selective use of neuropsychological tests (4), and various other diagnostic methods. Much less information is available to the clinician on what to do next. How should th...