Citation

Pesic D, Peljto A, Lukic B, Milovanovic M, Svetozarevic S, Lecic Tosevski D. Case Rep. Med. 2014; 2014.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Hindawi Publishing)

DOI

10.1155/2014/894263

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

An increasing number of findings confirm the significance of cerebellum in affecting regulation and early learning. Most consistent findings refer to association of congenital vermis anomalies with deficits in nonmotor functions of cerebellum. In this paper we presented a young woman who was treated since sixteen years of age for polysubstance abuse, affective instability, and self-harming who was later diagnosed with borderline personality disorder. Since the neurological and neuropsychological reports pointed to signs of cerebellar dysfunction and dysexecutive syndrome, we performed magnetic resonance imaging of brain which demonstrated partially developed vermis and rhombencephalosynapsis. These findings match the description of cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome and show an overlap with clinical manifestations of borderline personality disorder. © 2014 Danilo Pesic et al.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; female; alcohol; case report; bipolar disorder; suicidal ideation; depression; suicide attempt; hospitalization; clozapine; neuroimaging; unemployment; substance abuse; article; mother; antidepressant agent; neuroleptic agent; hospital admission; clomipramine; cognitive defect; fluoxetine; virus infection; automutilation; human relation; psychologic test; priority journal; self poisoning; impulsiveness; lithium carbonate; psychotropic agent; nuclear magnetic resonance imaging; falling; benzodiazepine derivative; work disability; follow up; borderline state; olanzapine; irritability; defense mechanism; alopecia; cerebellum disease; father; mental instability; first trimester pregnancy; vaginal delivery; ataxia; neuropsychological test; electroencephalography; walking; drug resistance; intelligence quotient; mood stabilizer; heredity; treatment response; muscle hypotonia; newborn jaundice; stereotypy; working memory; drug dose titration; cornea reflex; brain concussion; catering service; standing; declarative memory; vagina bleeding; experiential learning; inhibition (psychology); labor induction; executive function; cerebellar cognitive affective syndrome; cerebellum vermis; convergent strabismus; retroactive inhibition; rhombencephalosynapsis; strabismus surgery