Progressive paranoid psychosis in a 20-year-old with central congenital hypoventilation syndrome.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1542/peds.2013-2740 and PMC identifier 4143995.
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Abstract
A 20-year-old man with a history of congenital central hypoventilation syndrome presented with recent-onset psychosis, catatonia, and a diagnosis of schizophrenia. Psychiatric symptoms were resistant to conventional treatment. A fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography scan of the brain obtained during the hospitalization revealed a hypometabolism distribution more consistent with hypoperfusion than with primary central nervous system disease. Increased mechanical ventilation was successfully used to treat the psychiatric symptoms.
Medical subject headings
- Disease Progression
- Hypoventilation
- Paranoid Disorders
- Sleep Apnea, Central