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Ayodele Atolagbe1, Peterson Metellus2, Stanley Nkemjika2
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center, Brooklyn, USA.
Abstract:
Capgras syndrome is a psychotic illness characterized by an unshaken false belief in having a close family member replaced by an imposter when there is no evidence of such. The patient described in this case report is a 68-year-old Caucasian female who presented with Capgras syndrome in the context of chronic progressive multiple sclerosis (MS) following an acute COVID-19 illness. She was treated with quetiapine with full resolution of symptoms.
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