Prolonged Psychogenic Non-epileptic Seizures Manifested Immediately after Minor Sport-related Head Injury in a Young Judo Athlete:A Case Report.

Psychogenic non-epileptic seizures (PNES) are often associated with a history of mild traumatic brain injury, which may require differentiation with posttraumatic epilepsy, but usually there is a sufficiently long interval between an episode of trauma and their manifestations. Herein we report a case of a young female judo wrestler who experienced PNES immediately after minor head injury sustained during sport contest. It can be speculated that pathophysiological background of PNES in athletes may differ from general population and that disease in such cases may be related to stress of competition and fear to lose it. Early application of the video-electroencephalographic monitoring allows for timely diagnosis and initiation of appropriate treatment of PNES. J. Med. Invest. 73 : 265-269, February, 2026.