Open AccessLithium Intoxication Presenting as a Mixed Misidentification Syndrome
Author(s) -
Stephen Potts
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
behavioural neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.859
H-Index - 48
eISSN - 1875-8584
pISSN - 0953-4180
DOI - 10.1155/1992/489282
Subject(s) - atrophy , lithium (medication) , capgras syndrome , right hemisphere , pathology , medicine , psychology , psychiatry , audiology , delusion
A case is reported of lithium intoxication presenting with a mixed misidentification syndrome including features of Capgras syndrome. CT scanning showed cerebral atrophy, greater on the right, consistent with earlier evidence, suggesting that misidentification syndromes are more common with right hemisphere lesions.
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