A case study of Neuro-psycho-Behçet's Syndrome presenting with psychotic attack

Deniz, Orhan; Çayköylü, Ali; Vural, Gönül; Albayrak, Yakup; Temel, Şadiye; Aydın, İsmail; Kuloğlu, Murat

doi:10.1016/j.clineuro.2009.07.009

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Volume 111, Issue 10 , Pages 877-879, December 2009

A case study of Neuro-psycho-Behçet's Syndrome presenting with psychotic attack

Orhan Deniz
- Department of Neurology, Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Ali Çayköylü
- Department of Psychiatry, Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Gönül Vural
- Department of Neurology, Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Yakup Albayrak
- Department of Psychiatry, Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
- Corresponding author at: Ankara Ataturk Egitim ve Arastırma Hastanesi Psikiyatri Klinigi, 06520 Bilkent, Ankara, Turkey. Tel.: +90 312 2912525; fax: +90 312 2912705.
Şadiye Temel
- Department of Neurology, Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
İsmail Aydın
- Department of Neurology, Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
Murat Kuloğlu
- Department of Psychiatry, Ataturk Education and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

Received 25 February 2009; received in revised form 9 June 2009; accepted 6 July 2009.

Abstract

Behçet's disease is a multisystem inflammatory disorder that presents with a classic triad of recurrent oral and genital ulcerations and uveitis with hypopyon. The initial symptom of Behçet's disease is neurological in only 3% of cases. Although Neuro-Behçet's Syndrome commonly presents with focal neurological symptoms, it is possible that psychiatric symptoms could be the first manifestation of the disease. To our knowledge, this is the first case report of Neuro-Behçet's Syndrome that presents with an acute psychotic attack.

Keywords: Behçet's disease, Neurological involvement, Psychosis