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Klinefelter's Syndrome and Epileptic Psychosis: A Case Report
Author(s) -
Miyamoto Ayumu,
Kitawaki Kimio,
Koida Hidenori,
Nagao Kihachiro
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1992.tb00820.x
Subject(s) - delusion , psychosis , klinefelter syndrome , abnormality , psychiatry , auditory hallucination , psychology , epilepsy , pediatrics , medicine
We present here a case of Klinefelter's syndrome with epileptic psychosis. The patient was a 30‐year‐old male, who suffered from epilepsy for 23 years. He showed auditory hallucination, delusion of reference and delusion of grandeur. At present there are some cases of Klinefelter's syndrome with various psychiatric symptoms, but there are few cases of Klinefelter's syndrome with epileptic psychosis. These various neuropsychiatric symptoms of the present case are thought to be associated with a specific effect of chromosomal abnormality through the cerebral dysfunction.