Adult mild encephalitis with reversible splenial lesion and catatonia: A case report
Mehdi Karoui,
Emna Bouhlel,
Ons Maatouk,
Emna Labbene,
Dina Ben Mohamed,
Mouna Bouaziz
Affiliations
Mehdi Karoui
Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, 1007, Tunis, Tunisia; Hôpital Razi, Service de Psychiatrie “G”, Tunisia; Corresponding author.
Emna Bouhlel
Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, 1007, Tunis, Tunisia; Institut Kassab, Service de Radiologie, Tunisia
Ons Maatouk
Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, 1007, Tunis, Tunisia; Hôpital Razi, Service de Psychiatrie “G”, Tunisia
Emna Labbene
Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, 1007, Tunis, Tunisia; Institut Kassab, Service de Radiologie, Tunisia
Dina Ben Mohamed
Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, 1007, Tunis, Tunisia; Institut Mongi Ben HAmida, Service de Neurologie, Tunisia
Mouna Bouaziz
Université de Tunis El Manar, Faculté de Médecine de Tunis, 1007, Tunis, Tunisia; Institut Kassab, Service de Radiologie, Tunisia
The relationship between corpus callosum and schizophrenia is elusive. Neuropsychiatric symptoms in Mild encephalitis with reversible splenial lesion (MERS) such as delirium, and negativism, suggest a link between corpus callosum and psychiatric disturbances.Here in, we report catatonia as an initial symptom of MERS in a schizophrenic patient.The aim of this study is to discuss the likely causal relationship between catatonic syndrome and MERS.To the best of our knowledge, the catatonia was not reported before as a prodromal symptom of MERS. We therefore report this case in order to enlarge the spectrum of MERS symptoms in psychiatric patients and discuss the relationship between catatonia and splenium lesions.
