Tourette syndrome, atypical pervasive developmental disorder and Ganser syndrome in a 15-year-old, visually impaired, mentally retarded boy.
This is a case report of a 15-year-old visually impaired, mentally retarded male who presents with symptoms consistent with Tourette Syndrome, a Syndrome of approximate answers (Ganser's Syndrome) and Atypical Pervasive Developmental Disorder. The authors feel that this follow-up on the case presented earlier by Parraga and Butterfield raises the possibility of a link between a number of the symptoms of adult schizophrenia, appearing in attenuated form in these two cases, and Tourette Syndrome.
D000293:Adolescent; D002386:Cataract / Q000150:complications; D002659:Child Development Disorders, Pervasive / Q000150:complications*; D005162:Factitious Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D012163:Retinal Detachment / Q000150:complications; D005879:Tourette Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D014786:Vision Disorders / Q000150:complications*