Schizophrenia like Psychotic Illness in A Patient with Megalencephalic Leucoencephalopathy with Subcortical Cyst

Naveen Kolloju and Mary Anju Kuruvilla .

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Megalencephalic Leukoencephalopathy with subcortical Cyst (MLC) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder with most cases considered to be autosomal recessive in nature with the gene locus on chromosome 22q13.3. The disorder presents with developmental delay, intellectual disability, seizures, ataxia, spasticity, extra pyramidal symptoms, tics, athetosis and macrocephaly. Psychiatric symptoms such as depression and obsessive-compulsive behavior have been reported in patients with this disorder. We report a case of a patient with MLC who presented with an episodic psychotic illness.

 


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