Open AccessA case of Hallervorden-Spatz disease presenting as catatonic schizophrenia
Author(s) -
Yogesh Pawar,
Gurvinder Kalra,
Sushma Sonavane,
Nilesh Shah
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
indian journal of psychiatry/indian journal of psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.485
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1998-3794
pISSN - 0019-5545
DOI - 10.4103/0019-5545.120553
Subject(s) - catatonia , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , depression (economics) , psychiatry , disease , basal ganglia , presentation (obstetrics) , case presentation , psychology , medicine , pediatrics , neuroscience , pathology , surgery , central nervous system , economics , macroeconomics
Hallervorden-Spatz disease belongs to a group of disorders characterized by predominant involvement of basal ganglia. These cases may present to the psychiatrist with symptoms of depression, nervousness and rarely other psychotic symptoms. Very few cases of this disease have been reported from India. We report a case of Hallervorden-Spatz disease that presented to the psychiatry outpatient department with catatonia. This case highlights how presentation of Hallervorden-Spatz disease may overlap with catatonic symptoms and hence a high index of suspicion is required to make an accurate diagnosis.