Kleptomania in Patients with Neuro-Behçet's Disease
نویسندگان
چکیده
OBJECTIVE This study was conducted to characterize the prevalence and clinical features of kleptomania, an impulse control disorder, in patients with Behçet's disease involving the central nervous system. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Medical records of 350 patients with neuro-Behçet's disease were evaluated, and clinical and neuropsychological features of patients with kleptomania were noted. RESULTS Of the 350 neuro-Behçet's disease patients 6 (1.7%) had presented with symptoms that fulfilled the criteria of kleptomania according to the revised 4th version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. The 6 patients (5 men, 1 woman) had parenchymal lesions and had developed kleptomania during remission. Magnetic resonance imaging done on the 6 patients before the onset of kleptomania mostly revealed brainstem lesions. Psychiatric assessment did not show any comorbid psychiatric disorders and neuropsychological evaluation showed executive dysfunction in all patients. CONCLUSION The 6 patients with kleptomania had developed a frontal lobe syndrome.
منابع مشابه
Kleptomania, mood disorder and lithium.
Kleptomania has been found in association with major depression in a fairly large number of reports in recent years. We describe a patient with concurrent DSM-III-R Bipolar Mood Disorder and Kleptomania, whose symptoms remitted completely, apparently in response to lithium therapy, which raised the possibility that pharmacological treatment may benefit kleptomania. Further studies are needed to...
متن کاملDecreased Level of IL-37 Correlates Negatively with Inflammatory Cytokines in Cerebrospinal Fluid of Patients with Neuro-Behcet’s Disease
Background: Behçet's disease (BD) is a systemic inflammatory disease with a chronic, relapsing-remitting course of unknown etiology. Neuro-Behcet’s disease (NBD) induce serious CNS complications and are known to be the main cause of long-term morbidity and mortality. IL‐37 is a natural suppressor of innate inflammation which its role in NBD has not been fully understood. <stron...
متن کاملSevere panuveitis in neuro-Behçet’s disease in Malaysia: a case series
Behçet's disease (BD) is a multisystemic disease that is very rare in Malaysia. About 5% of patients develop central nervous system involvement, termed neuro-Behçet's. Neuro-Behçet's is one of the most serious causes of long-term morbidity and mortality. We report two cases of neuro-Behçet's associated with uveitis (ocular BD) highlighting the clinical presentation, diagnostic measurement, and ...
متن کاملThe Presence of Autoantibodies Against Vascular and Nervous Tissue in Sera From Patients with Neuro-Behçet's Disease.
INTRODUCTION Behçet's disease is a chronic inflammatory disease of unknown aetiology that affects multiple organ systems. Since the diagnosis of this disease mainly relies on clinical criteria, a diagnostic laboratory test is required especially for neuro-Behçet's patients without systemic involvement. METHOD In this study, we searched for the presence of autoantibodies against brain tissue, ...
متن کاملMesencephalic form of meningoencephalitis in a patient with HLA-B51 Behçet's disease: case report.
This case report is a detailed description of the clinical, laboratory, imaging and therapeutic characteristics of the sixth patient with neuro-Behçet's disease reported by Bulgarian authors. The diagnosis was made in accordance with the international diagnostic criteria for Behçet's disease and was verified by skin biopsy. Therapeutic response was followed up by clinical and magnetic resonance...
متن کامل