Cerebellar Cognitive Affective Syndrome-A Case Report
Published: January 1, 2018 | DOI: https://doi.org/10.7860/JCDR/2018/31634.11112
MS Bhatia, Nimisha Doval, Rashmita Saha, Aparna Goyal
1. Director Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, University College of Medical Science and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Dilshad Garden, Delhi, India.
2. Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, University College of Medical Science and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Dilshad Garden, Delhi, India.
3. Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, University College of Medical Science and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Dilshad Garden, Delhi, India.
4. Senior Resident, Department of Psychiatry, University College of Medical Science and Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital, Dilshad Garden, Delhi, India.
Correspondence
Dr. MS Bhatia,
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E-mail: manbhatia1@rediffmail.com
There are an increasing number of reports suggesting that cerebellum, apart from its significance in movement coordination, plays an important role in cognitive and emotional regulation. Cerebellar Cognitive Affective Syndrome (CCAS) also known as Schmahmann syndrome, refers to deficits in the cognitive domains of executive function, spatial cognition, language and affect resulting from damage to the cerebellum. There are only few case reports reflecting the affective features in CCAS. We present a 17-year-old girl brought to psychiatry Outpatient Department (OPD) with depressive features, who was subsequently diagnosed as a case of CCAS and started on fluoxetine 20 mg and propranolol 20 mg daily. There was improvement in the affective symptoms on follow up.
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