CATATONIC SYNDROME PRECEDED BY SYMPTOMS OF ANOREXIA-NERVOSA IN A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY WITH ARACHNOID CYST

Authors
WOLANCZYK T KOMENDER J BRZOZOWSKA A
Citation
T. Wolanczyk et al., CATATONIC SYNDROME PRECEDED BY SYMPTOMS OF ANOREXIA-NERVOSA IN A 14-YEAR-OLD BOY WITH ARACHNOID CYST, European child & adolescent psychiatry, 6(3), 1997, pp. 166-169
Citations number
21
Categorie Soggetti
Psychiatry,"Psychology, Developmental
Journal title
European child & adolescent psychiatry → ACNP
ISSN journal
10188827
Volume
6
Issue
3
Year of publication
1997
Pages
166 - 169
Database
ISI
SICI code
1018-8827(1997)6:3<166:CSPBSO>2.0.ZU;2-Y
Abstract
This paper reports a case of a 14-year-old boy with arachnoid cyst in the right parietal region, who was referred to the child psychiatry de partment due to anorexia nervosa. A few days after admission he develo ped nihilistic and guilt delusions and lapsed into catatonia. The diag nostic problems and relations between his various pathological conditi ons (anorexia, catatonia, organic brain lesion) are discussed in this paper.