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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arq Neuropsiquiatr 2017; 75(01): 66-68
DOI: 10.1590/0004-282X20160167
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Scott Fitzgerald: famous writer, alcoholism and probable epilepsy

Scott Fitzgerald: famoso escritor, alcoolismo e provável epilepsia
Mariana M. Wolski
1   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brasil
,
Luciano de Paola
1   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brasil
,
Hélio A. G. Teive
1   Universidade Federal do Paraná, Hospital de Clínicas, Departamento de Medicina Interna, Serviço de Neurologia, Curitiba PR, Brasil
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ABSTRACT

Scott Fitzgerald, a world-renowned American writer, suffered from various health problems, particularly alcohol dependence, and died suddenly at the age of 44. According to descriptions in A Moveable Feast, by Ernest Hemingway, Fitzgerald had episodes resembling complex partial seizures, raising the possibility of temporal lobe epilepsy.

RESUMO

Scott Fitzgerald, reconhecido escritor americano, mundialmente famoso, apresentou vários problemas de saúde, particularmente a sua dependência ao álcool, tendo morte súbita aos 44 anos de idade. Relatos publicados no livro de Ernest Hemingway “Paris é uma festa” dão conta de que Scott Fitzgerald apresenta prováveis crises parciais complexas, sugerindo a hipótese de epilepsia do lobo temporal.

Keywords:

Scott Fitzgerald - alcoholism - epilepsy

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Scott Fitzgerald - alcoolismo - epilepsia


Publication History

Received: 07 September 2016

Accepted: 22 September 2016

Article published online:
06 September 2023

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