title: [Agenesis of the corpus callosum: Cognitive and neuropsychiatric symptoms in children and adolescents--a case report].
abstract: Agenesis of the corpus callosum is associated with a wide range of neuropsychiatric symptoms. Cranial MRI confirms the diagnosis. We report a case of a 13-year-old boy with global developmental delay, mental retardation as well as neurological and psychiatric symptoms but without symptoms of ADHD who is unable to cope with school demands. Agenesis of the corpus callosum is a relatively rare, but possibly underestimated differential diagnosis of unclear retardations in development in children or suspicion of ADHD respectively.
authors.affiliation: Klinik für Kinder- und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie, St. Marien und St. Annastiftskrankenhaus, Ludwigshafen a. Rh.
authors.forename: Jan F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Wolf
authors.forename: Sabrina
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Milkovic
authors.forename: Nicola
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Osswald
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Rellum
authors.forename: Nadine
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Paschzella
authors.forename: Wiltrud
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Rohrschneider
authors.forename: Jochen
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Gehrmann
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000374:Aggression / Q000523:psychology; D058540:Aicardi Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D019958:Attention Deficit and Disruptive Behavior Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D003337:Corpus Callosum / Q000473:pathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004493:Education; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D020547:Lateral Ventricles / Q000002:abnormalities; D007859:Learning Disabilities / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010552:Personality Assessment / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011594:Psychometrics; D013001:Somatoform Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D014888:Wechsler Scales / Q000706:statistics & numerical data