A case of atypical psychosis associated with alexithymia and a left fronto-temporal lesion: possible correlations
| Autor: | Rudradeo C. Bowen, Stella L. Blackshaw |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
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Coma
Starvation Adult Male Pediatrics medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Cysts Neurocognitive Disorders Neuropsychological Tests medicine.disease Temporal Lobe Frontal Lobe Lesion Psychiatry and Mental health Alexithymia Epilepsy Temporal Lobe ATYPICAL PSYCHOSIS medicine Humans Affective Symptoms medicine.symptom Arachnoid business Tomography X-Ray Computed |
| Zdroj: | Canadian journal of psychiatry. Revue canadienne de psychiatrie. 32(8) |
| ISSN: | 0706-7437 |
| Popis: | The case history is presented of a man with an atypical psychosis and classical clinical features of alexithymia. On his last admission, the patient presented with starvation and hypernatremic coma. A CT scan, which was done because of the coma, revealed a large left fronto-temporal arachnoid cyst. The significance of this finding is reviewed in the light of previously suggested organic bases for alexithymia and related syndromes. Although the symptom of alexithymia is present, the patient's other symptoms do not fit readily into existing diagnostic categories and the resulting diagnostic dilemma is discussed. |
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