Denton Alyssa, Tellez-Zenteno Jose F
Saskatchewan Epilepsy Program, Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Epilepsy Behav Rep. 2020 Mar 21;13:100361. doi: 10.1016/j.ebr.2020.100361. eCollection 2020.
We report the rare case of a 34-year-old right-handed male who had drug-resistant epilepsy associated with a frontal cavernoma since the age of 13 who was convicted of criminal charges related to seizures. When he was 32 years old, he had a focal seizure with impaired awareness and then he tried to grab a 7-year-old girl who was in a car coming out from a dance class. He was arrested and taken to the police station. Later that day, the patient was being interrogated by a police officer when he had a hypermotor seizure at the end of the interview. He punched the policeman leading to multiple charges laid, including kidnapping, unlawful confinement, and assault causing bodily harm. He remained in jail for the next year and a half. During this time, he had epilepsy surgery for resection of the cavernoma. The patient was rendered seizure-free after resection of the cavernoma for one-year. Due to the occurrence of seizures before the alleged "kidnapping" and based upon his interview with the policeman, the patient was acquitted from all legal charges. We review available cases of non-homicidal criminality with a legal outcome in this article.
我们报告了一例罕见病例，一名34岁右利手男性，自13岁起患有与额叶海绵状血管瘤相关的耐药性癫痫，因癫痫发作面临刑事指控。32岁时，他出现一次伴有意识障碍的局灶性发作，随后试图抓住一名从舞蹈班出来、坐在车内的7岁女孩。他因此被捕并被带到警察局。当天晚些时候，该患者在接受一名警官讯问时，在讯问结束时出现了运动过多性发作。他殴打了警察，导致多项指控，包括绑架、非法拘禁和造成身体伤害的袭击。在接下来的一年半时间里，他一直被关押在监狱。在此期间，他接受了癫痫手术以切除海绵状血管瘤。切除海绵状血管瘤后，患者一年内无癫痫发作。由于在所谓的“绑架”事件发生前就有癫痫发作，并且基于他与警察的面谈，该患者被免除了所有法律指控。在本文中，我们回顾了具有法律结果的非杀人犯罪的现有病例。
