A case of recurrent depressive disorder presenting with Alice in Wonderland syndrome: psychopathology and pre- and post-treatment FDG-PET findings

A case of recurrent depressive disorder presenting with Alice in Wonderland syndrome: psychopathology and pre- and post-treatment FDG-PET findings

Abstract Background Alice in Wonderland syndrome (AIWS) is a rare neuropsychiatric syndrome that typically manifests in distortion of extrapersonal visual image, altered perception of one’s body image, and a disturbed sense of the passage of distance and time. Several conditions have been reported t...

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Main Authors: Tatsushi Yokoyama, Tsuyoshi Okamura, Miwako Takahashi, Toshimitsu Momose, Shinsuke Kondo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
Subjects:
Alice in Wonderland syndrome
Recurrent depressive disorder
Psychotic depression
Fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography
High-order brain function
Case report
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12888-017-1314-2

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