![]() ![]() ![]() It is used for protracted cases of déjà vu, the sensation of having seen something before. The French term déjà vécu can best be translated as ‘already lived through’. ![]() Keywordsĭéjà vu Entorhinal Cortex Epilepsy Hippocampus Identifying Paramnesia Recollective Confabulationĭeja vu articles Entorhinal Cortex articles Epilepsy articles Hippocampus articles Identifying Paramnesia articles Recollective Confabulation articles Article Details Abbreviations:ĮEG: Electroencephalogram MRI: Magnetic Resonance Imaging 1. During the two-year follow-up, the déjà vécu sensations continued unaltered, but all involved were less bothered by them, with the patient’s functioning improving both personally and socially. Our patient and her family were offered psychoeducation, which led to acceptance and improved coping. Proposed to be a functional disturbance of the limbic system with the involvement of a network that comprises at least the hippocampus and entorhinal cortex, the pathophysiology of déjà vécu is in need of further elucidation. An extensive psychiatric and somatic work-up ruled out cerebrovascular disease, epilepsy, dementia, psychosis, or intoxication as a potential underlying cause. We here describe an 84-year-old woman with idiopathic, partial déjà vécu, where her symptoms were limited to people and events. Having the delusional conviction that this sensation is true, patients frequently exhibit recollective confabulation. Déjà vécu is an extremely rare type of identifying paramnesia characterised by the ongoing sensation of having experienced things before. ![]()
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