Postrhytidectomy psychosis: a rare complication.
This is the case of a middle-aged woman who had a rhytidectomy procedure that was complicated by a postoperative psychotic illness with delusional ideas. Our data suggest that this patient's peculiar vulnerability to rhytidectomy resulted from a specific disturbance of body image.
D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000209:etiology; D001828:Body Image; D005145:Face / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010259:Paranoid Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D013518:Surgery, Plastic / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000523:psychology*