Mental disorder caused by prion disease misdiagnosed as depressive episode：a case report
10.11886/scjsws20211112001
- VernacularTitle:朊蛋白病所致精神障碍误诊为抑郁发作1例
- Author:
Xinyi XIAO
1
;
Xin ZHANG
2
;
Zhonghua SU
2
Author Information
1. School of Mental Health， Jining Medical University， Jining 272067， China
2. Daizhuang Hospital of Shandong Province， Jining 272051， China
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Prion disease;
Depressive episode with somatic symptoms;
Psychiatric symptoms
- From:
Sichuan Mental Health
2022;35(1):77-79
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
This paper reported a case of a 29-year-old male patient with mental disorder caused by prion disease was misdiagnosed as depressive episode with somatic symptoms. The patient's symptoms were initially predominantly psychiatric， with progressive worsening of somatic symptoms， and he died more than 1 year after his first onset. Prion disease caused various manifestations of mental symptoms， which can easily lead to missed diagnosis and misdiagnosis. This paper discussed the case， in order to provide references for the clinical diagnosis of mental disorder caused by prion disease.
