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KMID : 0605720230290010020
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Journal of the Korean Society of Biological Therapies in Psychiatry
2023 Volume.29 No. 1 p.20 ~ p.24
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A Case of Subacute Psychosis in a Patient With Germ Cell Tumor
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Kim Kyung-Won
Lee Byung-Dae
Park Je-Min
Lee Young-Min
Moon Eun-Soo
Jeong Hee-Jeong
Suh Hwa-Gyu
Kang Tae-Uk
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Abstract
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We report a case of subacute psychotic symptoms in a patient with germ cell tumor (GCT). The 32-year-old male patient showed progressive psychotic symptoms with diagnosis of GCT. His psychotic symptoms included delusions of reference and persecution. Brain magnetic resonance imaging, electroencephalography, and laboratory examinations were performed to evaluate any other causes. The clinical, neuroimaging, and laboratory review in this case suggested that the progressively developed psychotic symptoms that led to chronic deterioration were caused by the GCT. This is the case report in which subacute atypical psychotic symptoms in his thirties could develop from a GCT based on previous basic research findings showing the correlations of psychotic symptoms with GCT although it has the limitation of so early speculation.
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KEYWORD
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Germ cell, Tumor, Delusion, Psychosis
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