title: Ramsay Hunt syndrome with mental disorder.
abstract: This is a case of Ramsay Hunt syndrome with mental disorder. The patient had action myoclonus, grand mal seizure and severe cerebellar ataxia. Schizophrenia-like symptoms including delusion of persecution and self-reference, auditory hallucination and incoherence were characteristically observed before the neurological disturbance became manifest. Subsequently, euphoria, disinhibition, moria and mild dementia appeared with neurological symptoms. The possibility of Ramsay Hunt syndrome to accompany organic mental syndromes and the relationship between cerebellar dysfunction and psychiatric symptoms are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hori
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mizukami
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Suzuki
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sakuma
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Baba
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Shiraishi
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Koizumi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D003702:Delusions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D004831:Epilepsies, Myoclonic / Q000150:complications; D006220:Haloperidol / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D002527:Myoclonic Cerebellar Dyssynergia / Q000150:complications*; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D006220:Haloperidol