title: Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis (SSPE) presenting at the age of 21 as a schizophrenia-like state with bizarre dysmorphophobic features.
abstract: A case is described of a 21-year-old man who, after extensive investigations by the general physicians and neurologists, was transferred to a psychiatric hospital with a diagnosis of functional illness. The clinical picture at that stage simulated schizophrenia with prominent dysmorphophobic features. A diagnosis of subacute sclerosing panencephalitis was then made 9 months after the onset.
authors.affiliation: Winwick Hospital, Warrington.
authors.forename: E A
authors.initials: EA
authors.lastname: Salib
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001828:Body Image; D003702:Delusions / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000209:etiology; D013344:Subacute Sclerosing Panencephalitis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*