Schizophernia and empty sella - casual or correlated?
A male patient, 44 years old, with schizophrenia which started at the age of 18. At his last follow-up visit, laboratory tests and brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) were performed, revealing the presence of a sellar arachnoidocele. To our knowledge, there is only one similar case report of a set of male monozygotic triplets with schizophrenia and empty sella syndrome. High-resolution chromosome analysis found an extra band at chromosome 15p in all the triplets and their father. We performed a similar evaluation in our patient and his family to compare the results and identify new information on neuroanatomical abnormalities, hormonal alterations or genetic origins of schizophrenia.
Department of Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Carabobo, Carabobo, Venezuelaa.
Richard Joseph
RJ
Wix-Ramos
Eduardo
E
Capote
Milet
M
Mendoza
Margreth
M
Garcia
Uribe
U
Ezequiel