title: [Delusion of mercury poisoning in multiple sclerosis].
abstract: We confirmed the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis in a 54-year-old man. The patient rejected this diagnosis and was completely convinced that all his symptoms resulted from a chronic mercury intoxication. We found evidence that this delusional disorder was an independent illness, and not a "symptomatic psychosis in multiple sclerosis." So far, little notice has been taken in psychiatry of delusions of environmental poisoning, which cause difficulties in applying common criteria of delusion.
authors.affiliation: Klinik und Poliklinik für Neurologie, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brieger
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Schulte-Mattler
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zierz
mesh_terms: D003702:Delusions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D003717:Denial, Psychological; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008630:Mercury Poisoning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology*; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D016312:Treatment Refusal