Delusion of pregnancy in frontotemporal lobar degeneration with motor neurone disease (FTLD/MND)

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Larner, A.J.

Affiliations: Cognitive Function Clinic, Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Liverpool, UK

Note: [] Address for correspondence: Dr. A.J. Larner, Cognitive Function Clinic, Walton Centre for Neurology and Neurosurgery, Lower Lane, Fazakerley, Liverpool, L9 7LJ, UK. Tel.: +44 151 529 5727; Fax: +44 151 529 8552; E-mail: a.larner@thewaltoncentre.nhs.uk

Abstract: Psychotic phenomena such as delusions and hallucinations are rare in frontotemporal dementia syndromes but have recently been recognised as an early feature in some cases of frontotemporal lobar degeneration with motor neurone disease (FTLD/MND). A patient with delusion of pregnancy as an early feature of FTLD/MND is presented to illustrate the need to consider neurodegenerative disease as well as primary psychiatric disorder as the underlying cause of this striking symptom.

Keywords: Delusion of pregnancy, frontotemporal lobar degeneration with motor neurone disease

Journal: Behavioural Neurology, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 199-200, 2008