ALEXITHYMIA ASSOCIATED WITH BILATERAL GLOBUS PALLIDUS LESIONS AFTER CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING

被引：7

作者：

Huang, Mei-Feng ^{[3
]}

Yeh, Yi-Chun ^{[4
]}

Tsang, Hin-Yeung ^{[3
]}

Chen, Cheng-Sheng ^{[1
,2
,4
]}

机构：

[1] Kaohsiung Med Univ, Dept Psychiat, Fac Med, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan

[2] Kaohsiung Med Univ, Grad Inst Med, Coll Med, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan

[3] Kai Suan Psychiat Hosp, Dept Psychiat, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

[4] Kaohsiung Med Univ Hosp, Dept Psychiat, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

来源：

KAOHSIUNG JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES | 2010年 / 26卷 / 06期

关键词：

alexithymia; carbon monoxide poisoning; globus pallidus; QUALITY-OF-LIFE; HONG-KONG; DISORDERS; CIRCUITS; IMPACT; BRAIN;

D O I：

10.1016/S1607-551X(10)70048-6

中图分类号：

R-3 [医学研究方法]; R3 [基础医学];

学科分类号：

1001 ;

摘要：

Alexithymia refers to a person's inability to identify and describe feelings. We present a patient who developed alexithymia after carbon monoxide poisoning following a suicide attempt by burning charcoal in an enclosed space. Brain computed tomography revealed bilateral globus pallidus hypoxic lesions. Because of the time frame and the presence of brain structural lesions, the alexithymia in this patient was thought to be caused by bilateral globus pallidus hypoxic lesions resulting from carbon monoxide poisoning. The alexithymia in this patient did not respond to a variety of psychotropic drugs, including sertraline, venalfaxine, bupropion or methylphenidate. We suggest that alexithymia, which was associated with brain hypoxic lesions in this case, is resistant to treatment.

引用

页码：333 / 336

页数：4

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