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Psychiatric side-effects associated with acyclovir therapy are very rare in the medical literature. We present a case of depression with paranoid delusions in a patient with chronic lymphocytic leukemia that appeared after intravenous acyclovir treatment for herpes simplex infection. The clinical picture resolved following discontinuation of acyclovir and treatment with haloperidol and maprotiline. The patient's status was intact at an eight-month follow-up check. The few reports of psychiatric disorders due to acyclovir are reviewed and discussed.
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Aciclovir/efeitos adversos , Transtorno Depressivo/induzido quimicamente , Psicoses Induzidas por Substâncias/etiologia , Humanos , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-IdadeRESUMO
Conversive hallucinations are rare in the psychiatric literature. The authors present a case which demonstrates the psychogenesis and phenomenology of conversive hallucinations in a young female patient.
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Transtorno Conversivo/psicologia , Alucinações/etiologia , Adulto , Feminino , Transtorno da Personalidade Histriônica/psicologia , HumanosRESUMO
A case of schizophreniform episode following measles infection in a 27-year-old woman is presented. The possibility that the clinical picture is a first description in the literature of an association between a schizophreniform episode and possible measles-induced allergic encephalitis is discussed. Other possible connections between measles infection and schizophreniform episode are also mentioned.
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Encefalite/etiologia , Sarampo/complicações , Transtornos Psicóticos/etiologia , Adulto , Feminino , HumanosRESUMO
The Laurence-Moon-Biedl-Bardet syndrome is probably transmitted hereditarily and recognizable mainly by: a) retinitis pigmentosa; b) hypogonadism and obesity; and c) orthopedic anomalities such as polidactylia, syndactylia, and acroecephalosyndactylia with oligophrenia. Sometimes, other disturbance, mainly dermatological (alopecia), neurological, urological, endocrinological, and, rarely, congenital heart defects, may coexist.