Religious conversion in an older male with longstanding epilepsy.
Epilepsy & behavior reports January 1, 2022 William B Barr, Anli Liu, Casey Laduke et al. 2 citations
A 75-year-old man with epilepsy experienced a progressive decline in cognition and behavior after a religious conversion 15 years earlier. He later developed severe religious delusions and Capgras syndrome. Brain imaging showed bilateral posterior cortical atrophy, chronic right parieto-occipital encephalomalacia, and right mesial temporal sclerosis. Electroencephalograms and neuropsychological testing indicated initial right temporal lobe abnormalities, followed by progressive frontal and bilateral dysfunction. The case suggests that a history of seizures, combined with sensory deprivation and progressive impairment of right posterior and bilateral anterior brain function, may have contributed to the religious conversion, which was followed by dementia and delusions with religious content.