Neuromyelitis optica presenting with psychiatric symptoms and catatonia: a case report

Successful treatment with olanzapine in severe hallucinatory-paranoid state during the course of treatment of inflammatory demyelination disease: a case report

“…Second, a 16-year-old Antiguan female presented with psychiatric symptoms. Her parents reported a 1-week history of confusion, incoherent speech, hallucinations, left-sided numbness and urinary incontinence [9]. She had minor hand rigidity, visual hallucination, nihilistic delusions, a feeling that her body was dead, and slowed, halting speech.…”

“…A population-based survey indicated that the prevalence of psychotic disorders in MS patients is approximately 1.5% [7]. In addition, little information Corresponding Author: Norio Yasui-Furukori, MD, PhD, Department of Neuropsychiatry, Hirosaki University, School of Medicine, Hirosaki 036-8562, Japan; Tel: +81-172-39-5066, Fax: +81-172-39-5067, E-mail: yasufuru@hirosaki-u.ac.jp exists regarding neuropsychiatric symptoms in NMOSD patients, although several reports have suggested that neuropsychiatric symptoms, such as paranoia [8], catatonia [9] and psychomotor agitation [10], occur in these patients. In particular, few reports on NMOSD have described a severe hallucinatory-paranoid state similar to that of schizophrenia.…”

Autonomic Dysregulation, Cognitive Impairment, and Symptoms of Psychosis as an Unusual Presentation in an Anti-Aquaporin 4-Positive Patient

“…Our patient presented with cognitive impairment, autonomic failure, and symptoms of psychosis, but no sleep disturbances. Only 2 cases with symptoms of psychosis were described [ 5 , 6 ]. Most of the NMOSD patients were young women between 20 and 45 years of age [ 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 ].…”

Successful treatment for psychomotor agitation in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder with trazodone–risperidone combination: a case report

“…So far, a few studies have reported psychiatric symptoms in patients with NMO or NMOSD. 1 , 7 , 8 For example, Woolley et al 1 found that depressive symptoms and primary polydipsia were effectively treated with sertraline and aripiprazole in the case of NMO. Another study suggested that moderate to severe depression in patients with NMOSD is associated with neuropathic pain and fatigue, which tend to be insufficiently treated.…”

“…Another study suggested that moderate to severe depression in patients with NMOSD is associated with neuropathic pain and fatigue, which tend to be insufficiently treated. 8 On the other hand, Alam et al 7 observed that psychotic symptoms and catatonia because of the illness were ameliorated with risperidone and lorazepam. However, there has been no report of psychomotor agitation associated with NMOSD or its successful treatment.…”