Schizencephaly and Psychosis: A Rare Association
Schizencephaly is a rare malformation of the central nervous system defined as a gray matter-lined cleft filled with cerebrospinal fluid that extends from the pial surface to the ventricle. Few cases of association with psychosis were reported in the scientific literature. We present a case of a 46-...
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| author | Matias Carvalho Aguiar Melo Saulo Giovanni Castor Albuquerque José Henrique Sousa Luz Alexandre Bastos Lima |
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| description | Schizencephaly is a rare malformation of the central nervous system defined as a gray matter-lined cleft filled with cerebrospinal fluid that extends from the pial surface to the ventricle. Few cases of association with psychosis were reported in the scientific literature. We present a case of a 46-year-old woman, admitted into a psychiatric hospital with crises of psychomotor agitation, disorganized and erotized behavior, persecutory and self-reference delusions, and auditory and visual hallucinations. She also reported seizures since her childhood. A head CT scan revealed a large subarachnoid space communication with the adjacent lateral ventricle in the topography of occipital, temporal, and parietal lobes to the right, suggestive of schizencephaly. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-06e4b2336fbb462aa0a4d025e2ecd73f2025-08-20T02:02:51ZengWileyCase Reports in Medicine1687-96271687-96352013-01-01201310.1155/2013/210868210868Schizencephaly and Psychosis: A Rare AssociationMatias Carvalho Aguiar Melo0Saulo Giovanni Castor Albuquerque1José Henrique Sousa Luz2Alexandre Bastos Lima3Hospital de Saúde Mental Professor Frota Pinto Rua Vicente Nobre Macedo, S/N, Messejana, 60841-110 Fortaleza, CE, BrazilHospital de Saúde Mental Professor Frota Pinto Rua Vicente Nobre Macedo, S/N, Messejana, 60841-110 Fortaleza, CE, BrazilHospital de Saúde Mental Professor Frota Pinto Rua Vicente Nobre Macedo, S/N, Messejana, 60841-110 Fortaleza, CE, BrazilHospital de Saúde Mental Professor Frota Pinto Rua Vicente Nobre Macedo, S/N, Messejana, 60841-110 Fortaleza, CE, BrazilSchizencephaly is a rare malformation of the central nervous system defined as a gray matter-lined cleft filled with cerebrospinal fluid that extends from the pial surface to the ventricle. Few cases of association with psychosis were reported in the scientific literature. We present a case of a 46-year-old woman, admitted into a psychiatric hospital with crises of psychomotor agitation, disorganized and erotized behavior, persecutory and self-reference delusions, and auditory and visual hallucinations. She also reported seizures since her childhood. A head CT scan revealed a large subarachnoid space communication with the adjacent lateral ventricle in the topography of occipital, temporal, and parietal lobes to the right, suggestive of schizencephaly.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/210868 |
| spellingShingle | Matias Carvalho Aguiar Melo Saulo Giovanni Castor Albuquerque José Henrique Sousa Luz Alexandre Bastos Lima Schizencephaly and Psychosis: A Rare Association Case Reports in Medicine |
| title | Schizencephaly and Psychosis: A Rare Association |
| title_full | Schizencephaly and Psychosis: A Rare Association |
| title_fullStr | Schizencephaly and Psychosis: A Rare Association |
| title_full_unstemmed | Schizencephaly and Psychosis: A Rare Association |
| title_short | Schizencephaly and Psychosis: A Rare Association |
| title_sort | schizencephaly and psychosis a rare association |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/210868 |
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