title: Schizophrenic-like symptoms in a patient with thrombo-angiitis obliterans (Winiwarter-Buerger's disease).
abstract: In this article a case of schizophrenic-like symptoms in a patient with thrombo-angiitis obliterans (TAO) is presented. His CT and MRI findings indicated a diffuse ischemia in the white matter, suggestive of TAO, not of focal lesions. The patient, except for age, did not have other risk factors for other cerebrovascular diseases. Psychotic symptoms may be the result of cerebral TAO, via deep and periventricular white matter lesions.
authors.affiliation: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.
authors.forename: V P
authors.initials: VP
authors.lastname: Bozikas
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Vlaikidis
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Petrikis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kourtis
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Karavatos
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000175:diagnosis*; D013919:Thromboangiitis Obliterans / Q000175:diagnosis*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed