Two Cases Of Multiple Sclerosis Accompanying Psychiatric SymptomsAyşegül Şengel1, Ufuk Ergün2, Abidin Erdal2, Serpil Vargel3, Dilek Ertaş4, Levent İnan21Psychiatry Clinic, Oncology Education And Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey 2Neurology Clinic, Ministry Of Health Education And Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey 3 4
Scientific bacground: It has been reported that; Multiple Sclerosis (MS) may be presented with many psychiatric symptoms such as anxiety, depression, mania and psychosis. MS cases, presented with psychiatric symptoms were also reported. Cases: Two MS cases, diagnosed as psychotic and bipolar disorder respectively, were reported in this paper. Both of the cases were responded to the steroid treatment, and neurological and psychiatric examinations were found to be normal after one month. CONCLUSION: MS cases might be presented with psychiatric complaints and symptoms except neurological ones. We conclude that; psychiatric evaluation as well as the neurological evaluation is important in the MS cases presented with psychiatric symptoms; Keywords: multiple sclerosis, psychosis, symptoms of relapses
Ayşegül Şengel, Ufuk Ergün, Abidin Erdal, Serpil Vargel, Dilek Ertaş, Levent İnan. Two Cases Of Multiple Sclerosis Accompanying Psychiatric Symptoms. Turk J Neurol. 2007; 13(5): 339-344
Corresponding Author: Ufuk Ergün, Türkiye |
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