Pathological gambling, delusional parasitosis and adipsia as a post-haemorrhagic syndrome: a case report.
The authors describe the case of a 70-year-old male who developed a peculiar syndrome characterized by pathological gambling (PG), delusional parasitosis and adipsia with mild frontal symptoms. Onset of the syndrome followed a cerebral haematoma involving hypothalamic and bilateral ventromedial prefrontal areas. The potential manifestation of PG following a lesion in the above areas may contribute towards furthering the understanding of pathological conditions underlying this disorder.
Floris
Gianluca
G
Dipartimento di Scienze Cardiovascolari e Neurologiche, Ospedale San Giovanni di Dio, ASL 8, Universita di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy. lgr.floris@tiscali.it
Cannas
Antonino
A
Melis
Monica
M
Solla
Paolo
P
Marrosu
Maria Giovanna
MG
D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003702:Delusions / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004327:Drinking Behavior; D006408:Hematoma, Subdural / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D020300:Intracranial Hemorrhages / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D010271:Parasites; D017397:Prefrontal Cortex / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D013577:Syndrome