A Case of Subacute Psychosis in a Patient With Germ Cell Tumor
10.22802/jksbtp.2023.29.1.20
- Author:
Kyungwon KIM
1
;
Byung Dae LEE
;
Je Min PARK
;
Young Min LEE
;
Eunsoo MOON
;
Hee Jeong JEONG
;
Hwagyu SUH
;
Tae Uk KANG
Author Information
1. Department of Psychiatry, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea
- Publication Type:Case Report
- From:
Journal of the Korean Society of Biological Therapies in Psychiatry
2023;29(1):20-24
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
We report a case of subacute psychotic symptoms in a patient with germ cell tumor (GCT). The 32-year-old male patient showed progressive psychotic symptoms with diagnosis of GCT. His psychotic symptoms included delusions of reference and persecution. Brain magnetic resonance imaging, electroencephalography, and laboratory examinations were performed to evaluate any other causes. The clinical, neuroimaging, and laboratory review in this case suggested that the progressively developed psychotic symptoms that led to chronic deterioration were caused by the GCT. This is the case report in which subacute atypical psychotic symptoms in his thirties could develop from a GCT based on previous basic research findings showing the correlations of psychotic symptoms with GCT although it has the limitation of so early speculation.
