Concurrent Koro and Cotard syndromes in a Spanish male patient with a psychotic depression and cerebrovascular disease.
Koro and Cotard syndromes are uncommon conditions described in a variety of psychiatric and medical disorders. The authors report the third case of a simultaneous presentation of both syndromes, in a 62-year-old inpatient Spanish male with major depressive disorder with psychotic features, parkinsonism and cognitive impairment. A discussion of the literature and the possible relationship between both syndromes and other neuropsychiatric disorders are presented.
Department of Psychiatry, Centre Fòrum, INAD, Parc de Salut Mar, Barcelona, Spain. pal28621@yahoo.es
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Alvarez
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Puente
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Blasco
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Salgado
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Merino
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D000341:Affective Disorders, Psychotic / Q000150:complications*; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D060825:Cognitive Dysfunction / Q000150:complications*; D003702:Delusions / Q000150:complications*; D003865:Major Depressive Disorder / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D016911:Koro / Q000150:complications*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010302:Parkinson Disease, Secondary / Q000150:complications*; D012563:Schizophrenia, Paranoid / Q000150:complications*; D013030:Spain; D013577:Syndrome