title: Othello syndrome secondary to right cerebrovascular infarction.
abstract: The Othello syndrome, or delusional jealousy, occurs in idiopathic psychoses and in neurodegenerative diseases, but has rarely been described in patients with cerebrovascular infarction. A patient was observed to exhibit the delusion shortly after cerebral ischemic injury in the absence of other psychiatric symptoms. The underlying pathology was consistent with recent reports on content-specific delusions, implicating right hemisphere and frontal lobe involvement in the misinterpretation and misidentification of complex information. Psychological factors were hypothesized to shape the content of the delusional misinterpretations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Brown University Medical School, Providence, RI.
authors.forename: E D
authors.initials: ED
authors.lastname: Richardson
authors.forename: P F
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Malloy
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Grace
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D003702:Delusions / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D004292:Dominance, Cerebral / Q000502:physiology; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D007578:Jealousy; D008297:Male; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D013577:Syndrome