Open AccessDelirium in Parkinson's Disease: A Cocktail Diagnosis
Author(s) -
Robin George Manappallil
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - Uncategorized
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2016/22248.9089
Subject(s) - delirium , psychosis , medicine , encephalopathy , acute psychosis , levodopa , parkinson's disease , disease , pediatrics , intensive care medicine , psychiatry
Mental disturbances have been described in patients with Parkinson's Disease (PD). Of these, the common conditions are delirium and psychosis. Delirium has been attributed to change of environment, especially hospital stay and infections; while psychosis is due to drugs like dopamine agonists. This is a case of a 75-year-old male, on levodopa therapy for PD, who presented with delirium and ended up with a cocktail diagnosis: Cryptococcal meningitis, Hashimoto's Encephalopathy (HE), Urinary tract infection with acute renal failure, Uremic encephalopathy and Levodopa induced psychosis. This case report, therefore, highlights the need to look for other causes of delirium in a patient with PD who is on levodopa therapy.