title: Cotard's Syndrome in a Patient with Schizophrenia: Case Report and Review of the Literature.
abstract: Jules Cotard described, in 1880, the case of a patient characterized by delusions of negation, immortality, and guilt as well as melancholic anxiety among other clinical features. Later this constellation of symptoms was given the eponym Cotard's syndrome, going through a series of theoretical vicissitudes, considering itself currently as just the presence of nihilistic delusions. The presentation of the complete clinical features described by Cotard is a rare occurrence, especially in the context of schizophrenia. Here we present the case of a 50-year-old male patient with schizophrenia who developed Cotard's syndrome. The patient was treated with aripiprazole, showing improvement after two weeks of treatment. A review of the literature is performed about this case.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru; Department of Psychiatry, National Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Lima, Peru.
authors.forename: Jeff
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-4525-9545
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Huarcaya-Victoria
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, National Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Lima, Peru.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ledesma-Gastañadui
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, National Hospital Guillermo Almenara Irigoyen, Lima, Peru; School of Medicine, Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal, Lima, Peru.
authors.forename: Maria
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-2569-6257
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Huete-Cordova