Volume 17, issue 3
Case report
Metachromatic leucodystrophy as a cause of dementia and organic delusional syndrome in young adults - a case report
Ilona Baleja-Stawicka1, Ewa Kwiecińska2, Iwona Kłoszewska2, Agnieszka Ługowska3
1. II Klinika Psychiatryczna CSK UM w Łodzi
2. I Kliniki Psychiatryczna CSK UM W Łodzi
3. Zakład Genetyki Instytutu Psychiatrii i Neurologii w Warszawie
Postępy Psychiatrii i Neurologii 2008; 17 (3): 237-241
Keywords: late-onset metachromatic leucodystrophy, dementia, organic delusional syndrome
Abstract
Objective. The aim of the article is to discuss diagnostic problems in some psychiatric syndromes seen in young adults that may be an initial manifestation of demyelinating disorders.
Case. In the reported case of late-onset metachromatic leucodystrophy in a young man the initial presenting symptoms were these of dementia and organic delusional syndrome, with no features suggesting focal damage in the CNS.
Conclusions. Late-onset metachromatic leucodystrophy should be taken into consideration in the differential diagnosis of dementia and organic delusional syndrome of unclear etiology in young adults.
Address for correspondence:
Dr Ilona Baleja-Stawicka
II Klinika Psychiatryczna CSK UM w Łodzi
ul. Czechosłowacka 8/10, 92-216 Łódź
e-mail: ilonabaleja@op.pl