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Psychotic depression: a peculiar presentation for multiple sclerosis.

Kadriye Agan¹, Dilek Ince Gunal, Nazire Afsar

¹Department of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey. kadiagan@yahoo.com

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Psychiatric symptoms, such as psychotic depression, can be the initial presentation of multiple sclerosis (MS). These neurological symptoms may manifest at any point during the disease

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Neurology
Psychiatry

Background:

Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neurological disease.
MS is often linked with various psychiatric conditions.

Observation:

A case report details a patient whose first Multiple Sclerosis (MS) manifestation was psychotic depression.
This highlights that psychiatric syndromes can be the initial clinical presentation.

Findings:

Psychiatric symptoms, including depression, can be the sole initial presentation of Multiple Sclerosis (MS).
These symptoms may appear at any stage of the disease progression.

Implications:

Clinicians should consider Multiple Sclerosis (MS) in patients presenting with unexplained psychiatric symptoms.
Early recognition of psychiatric manifestations may lead to timely MS diagnosis and management.