Regional cerebral blood flow in a patient with asystole episodes associated with anti-NMDA receptor encephalitis.

Anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate (NMDA) receptor encephalitis is a rare and severe autoimmune encephalitis that displays neuropsychiatric symptoms and autonomic instability, e.g., hypoventilation and cardiac arrhythmia.

Case report: A case of anti-recoverin antibody-positive encephalitis exhibiting Cotard and Capgras delusions that was successfully treated with electroconvulsive therapy.

Recoverin is a neuron-specific calcium-binding protein that is mainly located in the retina and pineal gland. Few reports have described patients with anti-recoverin antibody-positive encephalitis, and no cases of psychosis associated with this encephalitis have been reported. We report a patient with anti-recoverin antibody-positive encephalitis with Cotard and Capgras delusions who was successfully treated with electroconvulsive therapy (ECT).

Successful treatment by paroxetine of delusional disorder, somatic type, accompanied by severe secondary depression.

The case of a 42-year-old woman with delusional disorder, somatic type (DDST), with infestation delusion and delusions of body odor and halitosis accompanied by severe secondary depression is presented. These somatic delusions and depressive symptoms responded favorably to treatment with paroxetine 10 to 30 mg/d. Hypoperfusion in the left temporal and parietal lobes observed when she had marked clinical symptoms was improved at near recovery.

Extremely grotesque somatic delusions in a patient of delusional disorder and its response to risperidone treatment.

A 54-year-old man with delusional disorder, somatic type (DDST) showed extremely grotesque somatic delusions, i.e., the presence of another lower jaw with teeth and tongue accompanied by annoying sensations.