Journal of Clinical Case Reports

Bashir Adam Yakasai

Publications

• Case Report
  A Case Report of Psychosis in Parkinson Disease Treated with Anticholinesterase Drug
  Author(s): Bashir Adam YakasaiBashir Adam Yakasai
  
  Case report: We present a 68-year-old male, retired civil servant who was seen in the neurology clinic at Barau Dikko Teaching hospital, Kaduna-Nigeria with a complaint of abnormal movements of upper and lower limbs for one year, and difficulty in walking for two months. The abnormal movement started on the distal part of both upper limbs simultaneously. It was noticed more at rest and got aggravated during movements. He was diagnosed with PD and was treated with L-dopa and Artane. However, six weeks after the commencement of his therapy he started developing a visual hallucination that subsequently became so intense that he started isolating himself and became suspicious of the wife conniving with strange people to kill him. His psychosis was initially treated with clozapine which controlled the hallucination to some extent but made his dyskinesia worse. This prompte.. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2165-7920.10001026

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