Cargando…

Graves’ Thyrotoxicosis Presenting as Schizophreniform Psychosis: A Case Report and Literature Review

Psychosis, as the first presentation of thyrotoxicosis, is extremely rare. Consequently, it is often misdiagnosed as a primary psychiatric disorder, especially in developing countries with poor healthcare facilities. Owing to the high level of illiteracy and lack of knowledge, it is fairly common to...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Ugwu, Ejiofor T., Maluze, John, Onyebueke, Godwin C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Kowsar 2016
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5554607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28835762
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ijem.41977
_version_ 1783256821296791552
author Ugwu, Ejiofor T.
Maluze, John
Onyebueke, Godwin C.
author_facet Ugwu, Ejiofor T.
Maluze, John
Onyebueke, Godwin C.
author_sort Ugwu, Ejiofor T.
collection PubMed
description Psychosis, as the first presentation of thyrotoxicosis, is extremely rare. Consequently, it is often misdiagnosed as a primary psychiatric disorder, especially in developing countries with poor healthcare facilities. Owing to the high level of illiteracy and lack of knowledge, it is fairly common to ascribe many illnesses to spiritual attacks in Nigeria and other African countries, especially when the disease is rarely seen or is associated with psychiatric manifestations. Herein, we present the case of a teenage female Nigerian and review the literature on this subject.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-5554607
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2016
publisher Kowsar
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-55546072017-08-23 Graves’ Thyrotoxicosis Presenting as Schizophreniform Psychosis: A Case Report and Literature Review Ugwu, Ejiofor T. Maluze, John Onyebueke, Godwin C. Int J Endocrinol Metab Case Report Psychosis, as the first presentation of thyrotoxicosis, is extremely rare. Consequently, it is often misdiagnosed as a primary psychiatric disorder, especially in developing countries with poor healthcare facilities. Owing to the high level of illiteracy and lack of knowledge, it is fairly common to ascribe many illnesses to spiritual attacks in Nigeria and other African countries, especially when the disease is rarely seen or is associated with psychiatric manifestations. Herein, we present the case of a teenage female Nigerian and review the literature on this subject. Kowsar 2016-12-25 /pmc/articles/PMC5554607/ /pubmed/28835762 http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ijem.41977 Text en Copyright © 2016, Research Institute For Endocrine Sciences and Iran Endocrine Society http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits copy and redistribute the material just in noncommercial usages, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Ugwu, Ejiofor T.
Maluze, John
Onyebueke, Godwin C.
Graves’ Thyrotoxicosis Presenting as Schizophreniform Psychosis: A Case Report and Literature Review
title Graves’ Thyrotoxicosis Presenting as Schizophreniform Psychosis: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full Graves’ Thyrotoxicosis Presenting as Schizophreniform Psychosis: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_fullStr Graves’ Thyrotoxicosis Presenting as Schizophreniform Psychosis: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_full_unstemmed Graves’ Thyrotoxicosis Presenting as Schizophreniform Psychosis: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_short Graves’ Thyrotoxicosis Presenting as Schizophreniform Psychosis: A Case Report and Literature Review
title_sort graves’ thyrotoxicosis presenting as schizophreniform psychosis: a case report and literature review
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5554607/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28835762
http://dx.doi.org/10.5812/ijem.41977
work_keys_str_mv AT ugwuejiofort gravesthyrotoxicosispresentingasschizophreniformpsychosisacasereportandliteraturereview
AT maluzejohn gravesthyrotoxicosispresentingasschizophreniformpsychosisacasereportandliteraturereview
AT onyebuekegodwinc gravesthyrotoxicosispresentingasschizophreniformpsychosisacasereportandliteraturereview