Open AccessA Case of Multiple System Atrophy (MSA) – First Presentation in a Psychiatry Service
Author(s) -
Elena Alina Rosca,
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Andra Livia BRONESCU,
Ovidiu Iulian TUDOR,
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Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
modern medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2360-2473
pISSN - 1223-0472
DOI - 10.31689/rmm.2021.28.4.461
Subject(s) - olivopontocerebellar atrophy , parkinsonism , atrophy , psychogenic disease , pure autonomic failure , anxiety , medicine , cerebellar ataxia , depression (economics) , ataxia , psychiatry , vertigo , pediatrics , presentation (obstetrics) , psychology , pathology , surgery , central nervous system disease , degenerative disease , disease , blood pressure , economics , orthostatic vital signs , macroeconomics
A 67 years old female developed cognitive defficits, depression and anxiety as first symptoms of multiple system atrophy (MSA). In the course of an year autonomic failure, parkinsonism and cerebellar ataxia also developed. The case is particular because of the somatic symptoms that were initially categorised as psychogenic, the presence of confusional and vertigo episodes that were recurring but not permanent.