Psychiatric manifestations revealing inborn errors of metabolism in adolescents and adults.
Inborn errors of metabolism (IEMs) may present in adolescence or adulthood as a psychiatric disorder. In some instances, an IEM is suspected because of informative family history or because psychiatric symptoms form part of a more diffuse clinical picture with systemic, cognitive or motor neurological signs. However, in some cases, psychiatric signs may be apparently isolated. We propose a schematic classification of IEMs into three groups according to the type of psychiatric signs at onset. Group 1 represents emergencies, in which disorders can present with acute and recurrent attacks of confusion, sometimes misdiagnosed as acute psychosis. Diseases in this group include urea cycle defects, homocysteine remethylation defects and porphyrias. Group 2 includes diseases with chronic psychiatric symptoms arising in adolescence or adulthood. Catatonia, visual hallucinations, and aggravation with treatments are often observed. This group includes homocystinurias, Wilson disease, adrenoleukodystrophy and some lysosomal disorders. Group 3 is characterized by mild mental retardation and late-onset behavioural or personality changes. This includes homocystinurias, cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis, nonketotic hyperglycinaemia, monoamine oxidase A deficiency, succinic semialdehyde dehydrogenase deficiency, creatine transporter deficiency, and alpha and beta mannosidosis. Because specific treatments should be more effective at the 'psychiatric stage' before the occurrence of irreversible neurological lesions, clinicians should be aware of atypical psychiatric symptoms or subtle organic signs that are suggestive of an IEM. Here we present an overview of IEMs potentially revealed by psychiatric problems in adolescence or adulthood and provide a diagnostic strategy to guide metabolic investigations.
Sedel
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Federation of Nervous System Diseases, Hôpital de la Salpêtrière, 47 Boulevard de l'Hôpital, 75651, Paris cedex 13, France. frederic.sedel@psl.aphp.fr
Baumann
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Turpin
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Lyon-Caen
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Saudubray
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Cohen
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D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003071:Cognition; D003663:Decision Trees; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008661:Metabolism, Inborn Errors / Q000145:classification / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D009626:Terminology as Topic
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