Open AccessPachygyria Presented as Mania
Author(s) -
Seshadri Sekhar Chatterjee,
Devlina Talapatra,
Rudra Prasad Acharya,
Sujit Sarkhel
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
indian journal of psychological medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 0975-1564
pISSN - 0253-7176
DOI - 10.4103/0253-7176.168595
Subject(s) - mania , pachygyria , presentation (obstetrics) , bipolar disorder , psychology , psychiatry , neuroscience , medicine , lissencephaly , lithium (medication) , genetics , surgery , biology , gene
Psychiatric manifestation of pachygyria, a neuronal migration disorder is rare in literature; rarer if it is bipolar disorder specifically. Here, we report a case of mania and seizure who subsequently diagnosed as pachygyria. Proper literature about pathophysiology is discussed and recently discovered putative genetic role in bipolar disorder explained. This case also emphasis the importance of detailed history taking and imaging investigation even in a pure psychiatric presentation.