A Case of Hypoparathyroidism with Intracranial Calcification, Epileptic Seizure, Psychosis, and Criminal Violence

Case Report

Psychiatry Investigation 2006;3(2):95-8.

Bom Sang Lee, MD, PhD

Kam Ram Won Neurosychiatric Hospital, Okcheon, South Korea

Abstract

<p class="MsoPlainText" style="word-spacing: 1; line-height: 150%; margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0" align="left"><font face="HY중고딕" size="2">The case of a 38 year-old single black male who suffers from primary idiopathic hypoparathyroidism with intracranial calcification, epileptic seizure, schizophrenia like psychosis of epilepsy, mild dementia, choreoathetoid movements, substance abuse, and who committed criminal violence, rape, is described. He had previously been diagnosed with schizophrenia, chronic schizophrenia with epilepsy, and Fahr's syndrome, but the diagnosis of Fahr's syndrome was later changed to primary idiopathic hypoparathyroidism. The close correlation between his criminal violence and neuropsychiatric disorders, including epilepsy, and epileptic psychosis, as well as his substance abuse, is discussed.

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Key words Primary idiopathic hypoparathyroidism;Intracranial calcification;Seizure;Psychosis;Violence.