Case report: Psychosis and catatonia in an adolescent patient with adipsic hypernatremia and autoantibodies against the subfornical organ
This is the first description of a patient in which adipsic hypernatremia, a rare autoimmune encephalitis, presented in combination with complex psychiatric symptomatology, including psychosis and catatonia.Adipsic hypernatremia is characterized by autoantibodies against the thirst center of the brain.These autoantibodies cause inflammation and apo