title: [Metachromatic leukodystrophy simulating schizophrenia-like psychosis].
abstract: A case of late onset metachromatic leukodystrophy with a clinical picture of paranoid hallucinatory psychosis and severe dyskinesia is described. The problem of diagnostic recognition is discussed. In the case, diagnostic procedures were initiated after atypical clinical course, and established on the basis of MRI and specific biochemical tests.
authors.affiliation: Fachkrankenhaus für Psychiatrie und Neurologie Christophsbad, Göppingen.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hermle
authors.forename: F W
authors.initials: FW
authors.lastname: Becker
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Egan
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kolb
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Wesiack
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Spitzer
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002553:Cerebroside-Sulfatase / Q000172:deficiency; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007966:Leukodystrophy, Metachromatic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D019965:Neurocognitive Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D012562:Schizophrenia, Disorganized / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D002553:Cerebroside-Sulfatase