Case Report
Year: 2020 | Month: April | Volume: 10 | Issue: 4 | Pages: 115-118
A Rare Case of Huntington’s Disease Associated with Depression and Psychotic Features
Pankaj Kumar1, Supriya Suman2, Pratima Singh2, Ranjeet Kumar2
1Department of Psychiatry, NIMS Hospital, NIMS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan
2Department of Pharmacy Practice, NIMS Institute of Pharmacy, NIMS University, Jaipur, Rajasthan
Corresponding Author: Supriya Suman
ABSTRACT
Huntington Disease is rare chronic neurogenerative disease, characterized by triad of abnormal choreatic movements, cognitive and psychotic disorders. Noteworthy, in spite of typical motor symptoms other than chorea have been reported, a very small group presents with both depressive and psychotic features. In this paper, we present a 46 Year old female patient of confirmed diagnosis of HD after molecular evidence of CAG report comprising depression and psychotic attributes.
Key words: Huntington diseases, depression, psychosis