[Velo-cardio-facial syndrome at the psychiatry consulting-liaison service in a general hospital].
Psychotic syndromes secondary to genomic disorders have low prevalence and may easily go unnoticed in the daily clinical practice. The velo-cardio-facial syndrome or DiGeorge syndrome (VCFS/DGS) is the genomic disorder most frequently associated to an interstitial deletion of the 22q11 region, with an incidence of one per every 4,000 newborns. Clinical manifestations constitute a constellation of cardiac, facial, urogenital and psychiatric disorders, among which schizophrenia or schizophreniform disorder stand out with an incidence of about 30% over the lifetime. In the following, we present the case of a 21 year old female patient who was admitted to the hematology service of our hospital due to pancytopenia secondary to metimazole, who had non-specified psychiatric background and who received antipsychotic treatment.
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Servicio de Psiquiatría, Institut de Neurociències, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona. EEGEA@clinic.ub.es
Ferrer del Alamo
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Torrebadell Burriel
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Carrió Ybáñez
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D000328:Adult; D002892:Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22 / Q000235:genetics; D004062:DiGeorge Syndrome / Q000235:genetics / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006769:Hospitals, General; D006801:Humans; D011567:Psychiatric Department, Hospital; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000379:methods*; D012017:Referral and Consultation