Abstract
Lesions in the temporal lobe are associated with psychiatric manifestations in multiple sclerosis. The authors describe this case of a young man with multiple sclerosis who presented with first-episode psychosis and had acute lesions in the temporal lobe. He was successfully treated with olanzapine and β-interferon.
MeSH terms
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Adolescent
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Aggression / physiology*
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Cerebral Ventricles / pathology
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Cerebral Ventricles / physiopathology
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Diagnosis, Differential
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Disease Progression
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Dominance, Cerebral / physiology
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Frontal Lobe / pathology
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Frontal Lobe / physiopathology
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Humans
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Immunologic Factors / therapeutic use
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Interferon-beta / therapeutic use
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Male
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Multiple Sclerosis / diagnosis
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Multiple Sclerosis / drug therapy
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Multiple Sclerosis / physiopathology*
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Neurocognitive Disorders / diagnosis*
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Neurocognitive Disorders / physiopathology*
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Paranoid Disorders / physiopathology*
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Temporal Lobe / pathology*
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Temporal Lobe / physiopathology*
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Violence*
Substances
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Immunologic Factors
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Interferon-beta