Schizophrenia-like symptoms in a patient with Leigh syndrome

Highlights • Leigh syndrome is a rare mitochondrial disease with severe survival prognosis. • The case is a patient with Leigh syndrome who survived to adolescence. • The case presented delusions and auditory hallucinations at 15 years of age. • Mitochondrial dysfunction might associate with psychot...

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Published in:Asian journal of psychiatry 2017-02, Vol.25, p.249-250
Main Authors: Satogami, Kazumi, Takahashi, Shun, Kose, Asami, Shinosaki, Kazuhiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Humans
Internal Medicine
Leigh Disease - complications
Leigh syndrome
Male
Mitochondrial disease
Psychiatry
Psychotic Disorders - etiology
Schizophrenia - etiology
Schizophrenia-like psychotic symptoms
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Summary:Highlights • Leigh syndrome is a rare mitochondrial disease with severe survival prognosis. • The case is a patient with Leigh syndrome who survived to adolescence. • The case presented delusions and auditory hallucinations at 15 years of age. • Mitochondrial dysfunction might associate with psychotic symptoms.
ISSN:1876-2018
1876-2026
DOI:10.1016/j.ajp.2016.12.012