Concurrent Koro and Cotard syndromes in a Spanish male patient with a psychotic depression and cerebrovascular disease

Psychopathology. 2012;45(2):126-9. doi: 10.1159/000329739. Epub 2012 Feb 4.

Abstract

Koro and Cotard syndromes are uncommon conditions described in a variety of psychiatric and medical disorders. The authors report the third case of a simultaneous presentation of both syndromes, in a 62-year-old inpatient Spanish male with major depressive disorder with psychotic features, parkinsonism and cognitive impairment. A discussion of the literature and the possible relationship between both syndromes and other neuropsychiatric disorders are presented.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Affective Disorders, Psychotic / complications*
  • Cerebrovascular Disorders / complications*
  • Cognitive Dysfunction / complications*
  • Delusions / complications*
  • Depressive Disorder, Major / complications*
  • Humans
  • Koro / complications*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Parkinson Disease, Secondary / complications*
  • Schizophrenia, Paranoid / complications*
  • Spain
  • Syndrome