Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis presenting as schizophreniform psychosis.
A case of 21-year-old woman with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis presenting with paranoid schizophreniform symptoms is presented. The relationship between viral encephalitis and psychiatric symptoms is briefly considered.
Duncalf
C M
CM
Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woodville, South Australia.
Kent
J N
JN
Harbord
M
M
Hicks
E P
EP
D000328:Adult; D003693:Delirium / Q000523:psychology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012017:Referral and Consultation; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000523:psychology*; D013344:Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed