Early psychiatric manifestation in a patient with primary progressive multiple sclerosis.
Multiple sclerosis can create a variety of somatic, cognitive, and behavioral symptoms. Here we report a patient with early psychiatric symptoms including depression, dementia, and catatonia, who was eventually diagnosed as having primary progressive multiple sclerosis.
Shoja Shafti
Saeed
S
Department of Psychiatry, Razi Psychiatric Hospital, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran. ssshafti@yahoo.com
Nicknam
Zahra
Z
Fallah
Parisa
P
Zamani
Lida
L
D002389:Catatonia / Q000209:etiology; D003704:Dementia / Q000209:etiology; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology