A Case of Poststroke Psychosis in a Patient With Moyamoya Disease
10.4306/jknpa.2022.61.3.237
- Author:
Jung-Min CHOI
1
;
Gihwan BYEON
;
Jong-Ik PARK
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, Kangwon National University Hospital, Chuncheon, Korea
- Publication Type:CASE REPORT
- From:Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association
2022;61(3):237-241
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
This paper reports a patient with Moyamoya disease who developed a psychotic disorder following a stroke. A 47-year-old female with Moyamoya disease without a psychiatric history experienced persecutory delusion and auditory hallucinations after eight months of intracranial hemorrhage in the right temporal lobe. The adult was managed with low-dose antipsychotics, risperidone. A brief Psychiatric Rating Scale was performed weekly after hospitalization, and psychotic symptoms eventually were under control after three weeks following the initiation of psychotropic medication. This case suggests that low-dose antipsychotics would be effective in patients with psychosis newly developed from a stroke secondary to Moyamoya disease.
