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Abdulkader Alam1, Rachit Patel2, Briana Locicero3
1Psychiatry and Internal Medicine, Stony Brook Medicine Emergency Psychiatry Program, 101 Nichols Rd., Stony Brook, NY 11794 United States.
Abstract:
Neuromyelitis optica (NMO) is an aggressive disease characteristically affecting the spinal cord and optic nerves that has recently been differentiated from multiple sclerosis. We present a case of a 16-year-old Antiguan female previously diagnosed with NMO who presented with a 1-week history of confusion and agitation. She had symptoms of psychosis, including delusional thinking and auditory and visual hallucinations, and scored 11/23 on the Bush-Francis Catatonia Scale. This case demonstrates an NMO exacerbation that presented with psychotic symptoms and catatonia.
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