Panik Atakla Başlayan Cotard Sendromu

Cotard sendromu (CS) vücudunun olmadığı ya da ölü olduğu şeklindeki nihilistik hezeyanların varlığı ile karakterizedir. Ölümsüzlük hezeyanıyla da birliktedir. Bu sendrom çoğunlukla orta yaş kadınlarda görülmektedir. CS, pek çok psikiyatrik ve organik hastalıkla ilişkilidir. Bizim bu olgumuzda panik atakla başlayan CS’lu sendromlu bir genç erkek hasta sunulmuştur. Bu olguyu değerli yapan şey sadece nadir bir vaka olması dışında panik atakla başlamış olmasıdır

Anahtar Kelimeler:

Cotard sendromu, Panik atak, Delüzyonlar, İmmortalite/Ölümsüzlük

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Cotard’s Syndrome is characterized by the presence of nihilistic delusions that one is dead or the world no longer exists. It is also with immortality. This syndrome was mostly seen in middle-aged women. CS is related to lots of psychiatric or organic disorders. In this report, we present a young man case of a CS in which panic attack was the first diagnosis. What makes this case noteworthy, apart from the rarity of the clinical syndrome, is to be starting with panic attack

Keywords:

Cotard’s syndrome, Panic attack, Delusions, Immortality,

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ISSN: 1309-3878
Yayın Aralığı: Yılda 3 Sayı
Başlangıç: 2009
Yayıncı: Düzce Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Aile Hekimliği AD adına Yrd.Doç.Dr.Cemil Işık Sönmez

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