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Cureus. 2024 Jun 12;16(6):e62237. doi: 10.7759/cureus.62237. eCollection 2024 Jun.
ABSTRACT
This is a case of a pediatric patient with a history of neurofibromatosis I (NFI) presenting to the emergency department secondary to a suicide attempt via self-strangulation after being verbally and physically bullied at school. Upon hospital admission, the 10-year-old patient was found to have significant auditory and visual perceptual hallucinations in addition to suicidal ideations, for which psychiatry was consulted. The patient underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain to evaluate for intracranial neurofibromas as a potential etiology of his behavior. There is evidence that the growth of neurofibromas in the brain can be associated with psychosis. His brain MRI was significant for multiple foci of non-enhancing lesions seen in the cerebellum, white matter, supratentorial white matter, and bilateral hippocampi that can be seen in NFI, highlighting a medical etiology for the patient’s auditory and visual perceptual disturbances. The objective of this case report is to explore medical causes of psychosis including metabolic disorders, neurodegenerative diseases, metabolic disturbances, parathyroid diseases, genetic disorders (Fragile X, Prader-Willi, etc.), autoimmune disorders, multiple sclerosis, temporal lobe epilepsy, infections, and brain tumors.
PMID:39006636 | PMC:PMC11243691 | DOI:10.7759/cureus.62237
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