Minor Physical Anomalies in Bipolar Disorder—A Meta-Analysis

Varga, Eszter; Hajnal, A.; Soós, Alexandra; Hegyi, Péter; Kovács, D; Farkas, Nelli; Szebényi, Júlia; Mikó, Alexandra; Tényi, Tamás; Herold, Róbert

doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2021.598734

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“…Addressing these concerns, a comprehensive new scale was developed by Méhes, listing 57 MPA’s and clearly defining them as either MM or PV. With the use of the Méhes Scale we have detected increased frequency of MPAs in patients with neurodevelopmental disorders including schizophrenia 10 , 16 , 17 , Tourette syndrome 18 , major depression 19 , 20 , autism 21 , bipolar affective disorder 22 , 23 , fetal alcohol syndrome 6 , intellectual disability 6 , cerebral palsy 6 and alcohol dependence 10 .…”

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Increased prevalence of minor physical anomalies in patients with epilepsy

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Our aim was to investigate the rate and topological profile of minor physical anomalies (MPAs) in adult patients with epilepsy with the use of the Méhes Scale, a comprehensive modern scale of dysmorphology. Consecutive epilepsy patients admitted for outpatient evaluation were included. Patients with comorbidities of neurodevelopmental origin (such as autism, severe intellectual disability, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, schizophrenia, tic disorder, Tourette syndrome, bipolar disorder, specific learning disorder and specific language impairment) were excluded. All participants underwent physical examination with the use of the Méhes Scale for evaluation of MPAs, including 57 minor signs. The frequency and topological profile of MPAs were correlated to clinical patient data using Kruskal–Wallis, chi2 tests and logistic regression model. 235 patients were included, according to the following subgroups: acquired epilepsy (non-genetic, non-developmental etiology) [N = 63], temporal lobe epilepsy with hippocampal sclerosis (TLE with HS) [N = 27], epilepsy with cortical dysgenesis etiology [N = 29], cryptogenic epilepsy [N = 69] and idiopathic generalized epilepsy (IGE) [N = 47]. As controls, 30 healthy adults were recruited. The frequency of MPAs were significantly affected by the type of epilepsy [H(6) = 90.17; p < 0.001]. Pairwise comparisons showed that all patient groups except for acquired epilepsy were associated with increased frequency of MPAs (p < 0.001 in all cases). Furrowed tongue and high arched palate were more common compared to controls in all epilepsy subgroup except for TLE (p < 0.001 or p = 0.001 in all cases). A positive association was detected between the occurrence of MPAs and antiepileptic drug therapy resistance [Exp(B) = 4.19; CI 95% 1.37–12.80; p = 0.012]. MPAs are more common in patients with epilepsy, which corroborates the emerging concept of epilepsy as a neurodevelopmental disorder. Assessment of these signs may contribute to the clarification of the underlying etiology. Moreover, as increased frequency of MPAs may indicate pharmacoresistance, the identification of patients with high number of MPAs could allow evaluation for non-pharmacological treatment in time.

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