[MRI findings in schizophrenic patient with frontal lobe atrophy].

In schizophrenic patients, cognitive and behavioral deficits are often associated with frontal lobe dysfunction. By functional neuroimaging studies, abnormalities of the frontal lobe (especially the prefrontal lobe) have been detected in schizophrenic patients. As for morphological changes on neuroimaging, lateral lobe atrophy and enlargement of the lateral ventricles or third ventricle are often reported, but there is no consensus as to whether frontal lobe atrophy is seen more frequently in schizophrenic patients compared with normal controls.