Acute Psychosis Associated with Subcortical Stroke: Comparison between Basal Ganglia and Mid-Brain Lesions
Joint Authors
Diaz, Natalie
Tseng, Ben
Chung, Julia
McMurtray, Aaron M.
Mehta, Bijal
Saito, Erin
Source
Case Reports in Neurological Medicine
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-09-17
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Acute onset of psychosis in an older or elderly individual without history of previous psychiatric disorders should prompt a thorough workup for neurologic causes of psychiatric symptoms.
This report compares and contrasts clinical features of new onset of psychotic symptoms between two patients, one with an acute basal ganglia hemorrhagic stroke and another with an acute mid-brain ischemic stroke.
Delusions and hallucinations due to basal ganglia lesions are theorized to develop as a result of frontal lobe dysfunction causing impairment of reality checking pathways in the brain, while visual hallucinations due to mid-brain lesions are theorized to develop due to dysregulation of inhibitory control of the ponto-geniculate-occipital system.
Psychotic symptoms occurring due to stroke demonstrate varied clinical characteristics that depend on the location of the stroke within the brain.
Treatment with antipsychotic medications may provide symptomatic relief.
American Psychological Association (APA)
McMurtray, Aaron M.& Tseng, Ben& Diaz, Natalie& Chung, Julia& Mehta, Bijal& Saito, Erin. 2014. Acute Psychosis Associated with Subcortical Stroke: Comparison between Basal Ganglia and Mid-Brain Lesions. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1034822
Modern Language Association (MLA)
McMurtray, Aaron M.…[et al.]. Acute Psychosis Associated with Subcortical Stroke: Comparison between Basal Ganglia and Mid-Brain Lesions. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1034822
American Medical Association (AMA)
McMurtray, Aaron M.& Tseng, Ben& Diaz, Natalie& Chung, Julia& Mehta, Bijal& Saito, Erin. Acute Psychosis Associated with Subcortical Stroke: Comparison between Basal Ganglia and Mid-Brain Lesions. Case Reports in Neurological Medicine. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1034822
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1034822