Onset of schizophrenia at age 100.
Schizophrenia is generally regarded as a disease starting in adolescence and early adulthood. Cases beginning after the age of 60 are rare. The authors present the case of a woman who, at the age of 100, developed an illness marked by delusions and hallucinations and who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, paranoid type. Authors discuss the differential diagnosis of psychotic symptoms presenting late in life.
Cervantes
Ana Natasha
AN
Dept. of Psychiatry, Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA. ancervan1@yahoo.com
Rabins
Peter V
PV
Slavney
Phillip R
PR
D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D014150:Antipsychotic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001284:Atrophy / Q000473:pathology; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003702:Delusions / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D003987:Dibenzothiazepines / Q000627:therapeutic use; D004569:Electroencephalography; D005260:Female; D006212:Hallucinations / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D000069348:Quetiapine Fumarate; D012559:Schizophrenia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology
D014150:Antipsychotic Agents; D003987:Dibenzothiazepines; D000069348:Quetiapine Fumarate