Anxiety explains it all: limbic encephalitis, a case report
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.65549/bk8tht55Keywords:
Anxiety, Limbic Encephalitis, Conversion disorderAbstract
ABSTRACT
Neuropsychiatric symptoms of encephalitis sometimes present a challenge for psychiatrists. In the pathogenesis of this neurological disorder, infectious and immunological causes are known, although some mechanisms remain unknown. The case we describe concerns a minor with an atypical presentation of anxiety, together with other clinical findings compatible with neurological involvement, although with an onset occurring after the anxious symptoms.
Downloads
References
García García ME, Castrillo SM, Morales IG, Sacoto DD, Dolado AM. Acute amnesia and seizures in a young female Epileptic Disord. 2013;15(4):455-60.
Armangue T, Petit-Pedrol M, Dalmau J. Autoimmune Encephalitis in Children. Child Neurol. 2012 November ; 27(11): 1460–1469
Graus F, Saiz A. Limbic encephalitis: a probably under-recognized syndrome. Neurologia. 2005;20(1):24-30.
Mollier-Saliner J, Thouvenin S, Darteyre S, Jaziri F, Vasselon C, Convers P,Stephan JL. Paraneoplastic limbic encephalitis: 2 pediatric cases Arch Pediatr.2013;20(4):386-90.
Sadock BJ, Sadock VA. Kaplan&Sadock. Sinopsis de Psiquiatría.10ªed. Baltimore,MD. Wolters Kluwer ,Lippincott Willians & Wilkins.2009.
Organización Mundial de la Salud. La CIE- 10,trastornos mentales y del comportamiento:descripciones clínicas y pautas para el diagnóstico. Ginebra: OMS; 1992.
De American Psychiatric Association. DSM-IV-TR. Manual diagnóstico y estadístico de los trastornos mentales. Texto revisado. Barcelona: Masson;2002
Sánchez González R,. Sierra Acín A C. Becerra Cuñat J L, Pintor Pérez L. Crisis No Epilépticas Psicógenas: apropósito de un caso Actas Esp Psiquiatr 2011;39(3):191-5
Esther Perea C , Martín Torres Z , Martín Suárez J. Crisis psicógena, una patología psiquiátrica de enlace. A propósito de un caso Rev. Colomb. Psiquiat. 2012; 41(3):680-689.
Mahmoud AA, Al Ghamdi FA, Johnston MV. Limbic encephalitis in a child: an atypical presentation. Pediatr Neurol. 2013 Dec;49(6):501-4
Ray Boyapati R, Papadopoulos G,1 Olver J, Geluk M, Johnson PDR .An Unusual Presentation of Herpes Simplex Virus Encephalitis. Case Rep Med. 2012;2012:241710
Nathan A. Illman, Chris R. Butler,Celine Souchay,Chris J. A.Moulin. Deja Experiences in Temporal Lobe Epilepsy. Epilepsy Res Treat. 2012;2012:539567.
Amo C, Elices N, Huertas D. Diagnóstico diferencial mediante EEG entre cuadro disociativo y estatus epiléptico no convulsivo .Actas Esp Psiquiatr 2012;40(2):93-6
Downloads
Published
Data Availability Statement
The data is accessible via the main author's email.
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2016 Revista de Psiquiatría y Psicología del Niño y del Adolescente
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Esta obra está bajo una licencia internacional Creative Commons Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 4.0.
