title: [A cases of schizencephaly associated psychosis].
abstract: Schizencephalyis a rare disorder of brain development resulting in the formation of abnormal unilateral or bilateral clefts in the cerebral hemispheres. One patient is described with psychotic symptoms with unilateral schizencephaly. The implications of the association between schizencephaly and psychosis in these patients for understanding the biology of the psychoses are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Cyubu Rousai Hospital, 1-10-6 Koumei, Minato ku, Nagoya 455-8530, Japan.
authors.forename: Kaoru
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Komori
authors.forename: Miho
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Komori
authors.forename: Junko
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hayashi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001921:Brain / Q000002:abnormalities* / Q000473:pathology; D003702:Delusions; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006212:Hallucinations; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000523:psychology*; D012565:Schizophrenic Psychology; D015899:Tomography, Emission-Computed, Single-Photon