Tourette syndrome in an elderly patient

P Voitsidis; K Diamantopoulos; I Gliatas; I Diakogiannis; E Parlapani

Tourette syndrome in an elderly patient

Hippokratia. 2019 Jan-Mar;23(1):47-48.

Authors

P Voitsidis¹, K Diamantopoulos², I Gliatas¹, I Diakogiannis¹, E Parlapani¹

Affiliations

¹ 1Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, General Hospital "Papageorgiou", Thessaloniki, Greece.
² Neurodegeneration Imaging Group, King's College London, Maurice Wohl Clinical Neuroscience Institute, London, United Kingdom.

PMID: 32256041
PMCID: PMC7124874

Abstract

Background: Tourette syndrome (TS) is a neurodevelopmental motor disorder. The first diagnosis during adult life involves cases of pre-existing undiagnosed TS.

Case description: We present the case of an elderly patient with severe, non-remitted TS, misdiagnosed with "psychoneurosis". The patient was correctly labeled at the age of 82.

Conclusion: Despite delays in TS diagnosis, only a few patients remain undiagnosed by the age of 45. Both TS under- and misdiagnosis have an impact on patients' outcomes. HIPPOKRATIA 2019, 23(1): 47-48.

Keywords: Tourette syndrome; elderly; misdiagnosis; underdiagnosis.

Publication types

Case Reports