title: Dissociative disorder manifesting for underlying adolescent hemi-parkinsonism: New chronology for old mummies.
abstract: Dissociative symptoms can be induced by a variety of conditions that can either coexist or mimic each other in clinical presentation. In coexisting dissociative disorder with medical illness, the causality remains uncertain, but sometime its role as nidus for dissociative symptoms just cannot be ruled out. The origin of "organic dissociative disorder" is undoubtedly found by various authors who demonstrated that a high percentage of patients with dissociative symptoms present with some form of neurological insult before developing the symptom. Herein we report on a case of adolescent onset hemi-parkinsonism with coexisting dissociative disorder.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Human Behavior and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), Dilshad Garden, Delhi 110095, India. Electronic address: dr.shaileshk.jha@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Shailesh
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jha
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Human Behavior and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), Dilshad Garden, Delhi 110095, India.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Garg
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Institute of Human Behavior and Allied Sciences (IHBAS), Dilshad Garden, Delhi 110095, India.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khanna
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D017668:Age of Onset; D000978:Antiparkinson Agents / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D002230:Carbidopa / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D004213:Dissociative Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis*; D004338:Drug Combinations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007980:Levodopa / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology; D020734:Parkinsonian Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000978:Antiparkinson Agents; D004338:Drug Combinations; C009265:carbidopa, levodopa drug combination; D007980:Levodopa; D002230:Carbidopa
keywords: Adolescent onset; Hemi-parkinsonism; Organic dissociative disorder