Late-onset Psychosis Leads to the Diagnosis of Parkinson’s Disease: A Case Report
Anthoula C. Tsolaki *
Department of Psychiatry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, “G. Papageorgiou” Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece and Department of Neurology, General Hospital of Thessaloniki “Agios Pavlos,” Thessaloniki, Greece.
Anastasia Konsta
Department of Psychiatry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, “G. Papageorgiou” Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Georgia N. Porfyri
Department of Psychiatry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, “G. Papageorgiou” Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Olga Sinani
Department of Neurology, General Hospital of Thessaloniki “G. Papageorgiou”, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Pantelis Karaberis
Department of Neurology, General Hospital of Thessaloniki “G. Papageorgiou”, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Efthimia Samara
Department of Neurology, General Hospital of Thessaloniki “G. Papageorgiou”, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Georgia Deretzi
Department of Neurology, General Hospital of Thessaloniki “G. Papageorgiou”, Thessaloniki, Greece.
Ioannis Diakogiannis
Department of Psychiatry, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, “G. Papageorgiou” Hospital, Thessaloniki, Greece.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Psychotic symptoms are common in Parkinson’s disease (PD) and are associated with poorer quality of life, significant patient morbidity, early mortality, and caregiver burden. We present a case of a 49-year old female patient with late-onset psychosis, which led to the diagnosis of PD. This clinical case combines all the rarely presented symptoms related to PD psychosis, and the diagnosis was formed after a thorough clinical, imaging, and neuropsychological examination.
Keywords: Parkinson’s disease, psychosis, neuroleptics.