Pitfalls in the diagnosis of Neuro-Behcet presenting with psychiatric symptoms at onset: a case report!

摘要

An otherwise healthy 31-year-old woman had behavioural disturbances, excessive anxiety, weakness, and loss of appetite with some episode of visual and auditory hallucinations for about 3 months. Physical and neurological examination, as well as EEG and brain CT were normal. The severity of psychotic symptoms was assessed using the Brief Psychiatric Rating Scale (BPRS). As somatoform disorder was diagnosed, venlafaxine (75 mg/day) and amisulpiride (50 mg/day) prescribed.